Bjarne's Last Laugh

I haven't done C++ in a long time but I recently thought of something Bjarne Stroustrup said at a keynote address in 2000. It is essentially the same as this quote from his FAQ.

Much of the relative simplicity of Java is - like for most new languages - partly an illusion and partly a function of its incompleteness. As time passes, Java will grow significantly in size and complexity. It will double or triple in size and grow implementation- dependent extensions or libraries.

-- Bjarne Stroustrup, circa 2000

The part about implementation-dependency was wrong, but the complexity prediction was well-put. I'm a Java fan (and am not put off by the complexity), but credit is due when credit is due.