James Gosling
Often credited as the father of the Java programming language.
Most quoted
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as you can, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
— from Commonly attributed/quoted by him
"The problem with C++ is that it's too easy to shoot yourself in the foot. Java is much harder to shoot yourself in the foot with, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off."
— from Interview/Presentation, 1996
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
— from often attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, but Gosling has used it in context of software development
All quotes by James Gosling (361)
The most important thing in a team is trust.
I'm not a fan of 'analysis paralysis.' I prefer 'getting things done.'
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
I'm not a fan of 'reinventing the square wheel.' I prefer 'using the round one.'
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
I'm not a philosopher, I'm a programmer. I build things.
I don't believe in magic. I believe in hard work and good design.
The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.
The most important thing is to keep learning, keep challenging yourself, and keep having fun.
I'm just a guy who likes to build stuff.
The journey is the reward.
Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Contemporaries of James Gosling
Other Computer Sciences born within 50 years of James Gosling (1955).