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

Bjarne Stroustrup

Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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Language Perfect Salesman
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
Too many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That’s inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.
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Insufficient Long Running Trying
Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that’s quality software!
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Google Quality Thinking
Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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Independent Java Platforms
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Design Forget Lost
I do keep the main points straight in my head most of the time, and I do know where to find the details when I need them.
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Details Find Head Need
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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Awful Beautiful Developed System
Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Language Person Professional Should
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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Clever Dirty Thinking
First, I’d like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.
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Cad Support Tools
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
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 than it is today.
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Effort Java May
There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.
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Stories Technology Wish
Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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Problem Views Way

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