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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.

Bjarne Stroustrup

For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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Dangerous Language Program Think
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support
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
To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit
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Arrogant Benefits Technology
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
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Bored Errors Programmers
The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
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Connections Errors Thinking
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Important Learning Simplicity
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
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
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
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
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Believe Discussing People Simple
Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
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Carefully Feaaturism Ideas Inconsistences Promoted
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
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious

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