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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.

What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.

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

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

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

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

I felt there was a need for us to build a new programming language. I also had come to see that Microsoft functions best when it controls its own destiny.

I've never worked with the Java community.

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

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.