If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
— Robert Sewell
Java, the best argument for Smalltalk since C++.
— Frank Winkler
C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce.
— Scott McKay
The site that I worked on spent TWO MILLION U.S. DOLLARS on its web server hardware. OK, it used Java servlets that
are even slower than Python, but you have to understand that there's a point after which you can no longer pretend
that hardware is free.
— Paul Rubin
Strangely enough I saw just such a beast at the grocery store last night. Starbucks sells Javachip. (It's ice cream,
but that shouldn't be an obstacle for the Java marketing people.)
— Jeremy Hylton, 29 Apr 1997
Java sucks. [...] Java on TV set top boxes will suck so hard it might well inhale people from off their sofa until
their heads get wedged in the card slots.
— Jon Rabone, ucam.chat
You're posting to a Scheme group. Around here, arguing that Java is better than C++ is like arguing that
grasshoppers taste better than tree bark.
— Thant Tessman, comp.lang.scheme
Java is a WORA language! (Write Once, Run Away)
— James Vandenberg, quoted by David Rush on comp.lang.scheme
C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce.
— Scott McKay
Java, the best argument for Smalltalk since C++.
— Frank Winkler