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.

Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.

Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

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.

Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that's quality software!

Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.