Concur. I think everyone should just switch to APL [0], then we'll all suffer equally.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language) On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Ian Walls <iwa...@library.umass.edu>wrote: > Agreed. Each language has its own strengths and weaknesses. Pick the one > that works best for your situation, factoring in not only what the > application needs to do, but your and your team's level of experience, and > the overall community context in which the project will live. The > peculiarities of a given languages truth tables, for example, can easily > get washed out of the calculation when you consider what languages you know > and what platforms your institution supports. > > > -Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Ethan Gruber > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:45 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I? > > Look, I'm sure we can list the many ways different languages fail to meet > our expectations, but is this really a constructive line of conversation? > > -1 > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Justin Coyne > <jus...@curationexperts.com>wrote: > > > I did misspeak a bit. You can override static methods in Java. My > > major issue is that there is no "getClass()" within a static method, > > so when the static method is being run in the context of the > > inheriting class it is unaware of its own run context. > > > > For example: I want the output to be "Hi from bar", but it's "Hi from > foo": > > > > class Foo { > > public static void sayHello() { > > hi(); > > } > > public static void hi() { > > System.out.println("Hi from foo"); > > } > > } > > > > class Bar extends Foo { > > > > public static void hi() { > > System.out.println("Hi from bar"); > > } > > } > > > > class Test { > > public static void main(String [ ] args) { > > Bar.sayHello(); > > } > > } > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Eric Hellman <e...@hellman.net> wrote: > > > > > OK, pedant, tell us why you think methods that can be over-ridden > > > are static. > > > Also, tell us why you think classes in Java are not instances of > > > java.lang.Class > > > > > > > > > On Feb 18, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Justin Coyne > > > <jus...@curationexperts.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > To be pedantic, Ruby and JavaScript are more Object Oriented than > > > > Java because they don't have primitives and (in Ruby's case) > > > > because classes > > > are > > > > themselves objects. Unlike Java, both Python and Ruby can properly > > > > override of static methods on sub-classes. The Java language made > > > > many compromises as it was designed as a bridge to Object Oriented > > programming > > > > for programmers who were used to writing C and C++. > > > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > > > > > >