__/ [ asj ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 03:52 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> In related news: Java is not dead
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | In fact, that'll be a much less risky situation for Java users than we
>> | had in the late 1990s, when Hewlett-Packard was writing its own Java
>> | clone and Sun sued Microsoft for making its Windows version of Java
>> | incompatible with Sun's original. Fragmentation? Incompatibility? Been
>> | there, done that. Java survived.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1872097736;fp;2;fpid;3
>
> don't worry, there'll be some other big news later about how java is
> dead. i've been hearing this since late 1990s and have learned to enjoy
> it.
>
> in the meantime, Java continues to spread (now in 2.5-3 billion
> computing devices worldwide), keeps adding new developers to the fold
> (from 2 million to 4 million or so in a few years), and continues to be
> the dominant application platform in just about any trend or statistic
> out there, whether tiobe, or google trends, or sourceforge, or job
> listings, or books sold, or whatever. but i DO like the trend of
> porting new languages to the JVM (JRuby, JPython) or allowing other
> languages to be ported to Java (VB)
I regularly use MATLAB, which uses Java for all of its GUI capabilities. In
general, I like Java applications. Although they are slow, they are
portable, rather reliable, and stable. About half of the time, I use
Java-based programs. Java isn't going away, but it's evolving. Its recent
flirt with Ubuntu and Open Source is an indication of this.
Best wishes,
Roy
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