#java

It is far easier to design a class to be thread-safe than to retrofit it for thread safety later. ↗

— Brian Goetz

#java #programming #design

Whenever more than one thread accesses a given state variable, and one of them might write to it, they all must coordinate their access to it using synchronization. ↗

— Brian Goetz

#java #programming #synchronicity

I've never worked with the Java community. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#i #java #never #worked

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. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#better #claim #compromise #effort #evolution

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#i #interested #java #platform #problem

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#go #i #java #just #microsoft

In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar to what you find, for example, in Java and, in general, in systems programming languages. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#complex #daily #daily work #distributed #example

Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#almost #area #definitely #fits #hammond

Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either. ↗

— Guido van Rossum

#belief #details #easier #either #harder

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#aims #design #either #java #match