I'm Just An Observer Of Java, And

My Work Was Fairly Theoretical. It Was In Recursive Function Theory. And In Particular, Hierarchies Of Functions In Terms Of Computational Complexity. I Got Involved In Real Computers And Programming Mainly By Being - Well, I Was Interested Even As I Came To Graduate School.

C++ And Java, Say, Are Presumably Growing Faster Than Plain C, But I Bet C Will Still Be Around.

Obviously, The Person Who Had Most Influence On My Career Was Ken Thompson.

... With Proper Design, The Features Come Cheaply. This Approach Is Arduous, But Continues To Succeed.

A Program Designed For Inputs From People Is Usually Stressed Beyond Breaking Point By Computer-generated Inputs.