Design Quote by James Gosling

No one wants one language. There are applications when it's appropriate to write something in C rather than in Java. If you want to…

— Brian Behlendorf

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing…

— Alan Kay

The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is.…

— Richard Stallman

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread…

— Brian Behlendorf

When you choose a language, youre also choosing a community. The programmers youll be able to hire to work on a Java project wont…

— Philip Greenspun

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language, and I believe it was the Sun marketing people who rushed…

— Alan Kay

If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala

— James Gosling

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.

— James Gosling

All of us who attended the meeting - including Microsoft - unanimously agreed that unilaterally extending the Java programming language would hurt compatibility among…

— James Gosling