James Gosling Quotes

#1. An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable.

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

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#3. Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs

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#4. During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle, where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle.

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#5. I've surprised myself and made another career change. I had a great time at Google, met lots of interesting people, but I met some folks outside doing something completely outrageous, and after much anguish decided to leave Google.

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#6. It makes my head explode when there are people who think you can do everything in HTML.

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#7. People think of security as a noun, something you go buy. In reality, it's an abstract concept like happiness. Openness is unbelievably helpful to security.

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#8. The real payoffs you never understand. You should just give good people money and tell them to do good things.

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

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