On 27/10/2010 22:43, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"retard"<[email protected]> wrote in message
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I only meant that the widespead adoption of Java shows how the public at
large cares very little about the performance issues you mentioned.
The public at large is convinced that "Java is fast now, really!". So I'm
not certain widespread adoption of Java necessarily indicates they don't
care so much about performance. Of course, Java is quickly becoming a legacy
language anyway (the next COBOL, IMO), so that throws another wrench into
the works.
Java is quickly becoming a legacy language? the next COBOL? SRSLY?...
Just two years ago, the now hugely popular Android platform choose Java
as it's language of choice, and you think Java is becoming legacy?...
The development of the Java language itself has stagnated over the last
6 years or so (especially due to corporate politics, which now has
become even worse and uncertain with all the shit Oracle is doing), but
that's a completely different statement from saying Java is becoming
legacy.
In fact, all the uproar and concern about the future of Java under
Oracle, of the JVM, of the JCP (the body that regulates changes to
Java),etc., is a testament to the huge popularity of Java. Otherwise
people (and corporations) wouldn't care, they would just let it wither
away with much less concern.
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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer
