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.

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code. You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.

A program that has not been tested does not work.

It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles

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.