It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.

To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

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

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.

If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.