There are many advantages of running on the JVM. Remember, we are not just talking about Java here, but rather all languages that run on the JVM. There are also thousands of great Java libraries already available. Thus, also a great reason to run languages such as Python on the JVM. Lots of great technology lives in the Java world.
Josh Juneau DBA-Application Developer On Apr 20, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Pete F <[email protected]> wrote: > > Like Ferris Bueller said: "You're still here? It's over. Go home. > Go.." > > I guess if you do "enterprisey" stuff, then it is business as usual. > > But enterprisey means ever increasing complexity, and backward > compatibility forever -and thus the death of any language. > > So if you want to work at internet speed -then you might well see > this as the final capture of java by the enterprise and just another > step in the slow death of java -ashes to ashes. > > But hey -if you remember Ferris Bueller, then you are of a certain > age. **You have been working on Java too long** Why do you love the > platform so much, really?? > > TIme to move on. Newspeak looks interesting :-) > > Pete F > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
