William Poaster wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2009 17:11:14 -0400, above the shrieking, FUDding & whining
> of the trolls wispygalaxy was heard to say:
>
>> Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> wispygalaxy <wispygalaxy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> Gregory Shearman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2009-05-21, wispygalaxy <wispygalaxy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Java is a popular language, and I hope it continues to have success.
>>>>>> So
>>>>>> many gadgets run Java. How can we live without it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Massive, bloated, clumsy. I can live without it.
>>>>
>>>> Do you like C++? I always see Java vs. C++ discussions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I agree with Shearman here.
>>>
>>> Java is a sloppy, slow mess.
>>>
>>> It got popular because they "cross platformed it" (or claimed it) early
>>> enough to sucker people in. The great majority of "cross platform" Java
>>> apps are still a mess with differnt ideas of what GUI to use and,
>>> generally, the programmer have ZERO idea about efficiency.
>>
>> I've been interested in learning Java recently. I skimmed some books and
>> decided that Java looked alright. It's used a lot in finance, which I'm
>> majoring in. And my school teaches it extensively in CS classes.
>>
>> Have you tried out Java? Was it too slow for your taste? What kind of
>> programming you do?
>
> He claims to be a windows programmer.
>
> I'm a long term Windows user and programmer.
> Hadron Quark: Message-ID: <87y7hxdaei.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007
Interesting- I didn't know that, William. But I thought that he uses Debian
most of the time. :S Hadron, which one do you love more- Debian or
Windows?
I was a long term Windows user myself, but I can't imagine going back to
Windows full-time! I'll miss the eye-candy and cool apps that Debian has.
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