This work is a collection of ten awesome quotations that have impacted positively on my work style and way of thinking.
The order they are published do not due to any selection criteria, it's just the order they were read and filed.
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3. “One of the problems that people often have when
they start looking at Java is that they get
overwhelmed by the vast expanse of facilities
available. ! Most of the APIs have the interesting
property that the solution to any task tends to be
pretty simple. ! The complexity is in finding that
simple path.”
James Gosling
Father of Java
1
4. “It is totally mind-blowing how good the
JVM is; the more you learn about it, the
more amazed you will be. There is nothing
even close today.
Jonas Bonér
Java Champion
2
5. “Without a doubt, I’ve been most surprised
by the birth of new languages based on the
JVM, with a different focus and styles to
adapt to the different needs and challenges
involved in creating software.”
Jorge Vargas
Java Champion
33
6. “Only a few years ago, Java EE was used
mostly by larger companies, now it becomes
interesting even for one-person shows.”
Adam Bien
Java campion
4
7. “We think Java is the right answer and the
next step up in language abstraction. It
makes it much easier to build large,
complex software artifacts.”
Greg Bollella
Chief Architect, Embedded Java, Oracle
5
8. “Often, the way to write fast code in Java
applications is to write dumb code -- code that
is straightforward, clean, and follows the
most obvious object-oriented principles.”
Brian Goetz
Java Language
Architect , author, and lecturer
6
9. “Write once, run everywhere’ is a great
slogan, and Java has come closer to that
dream than any other technology stack I’ve
used”.
Kirk Pepperdine
Java One Rock Star / Java champion
7
10. " The introduction of lambdas is a
revolution for the Java platform."
Johan Vos
Java champion
8
11. " There is a lot going on in the industry, with
massive shifts and innovation happening
which pose huge challenges and opportunities
for Java."
Peter Utzschneider
VP, Java Product Management at Oracle
9
12. "Lambda brings three weapons to Java:
syntax, performance, and abstraction."
Mark Reinhold
Chief Architect of the Java Platform
Group at Oracle
10