> I like the .NET languages but my experience with MS languages is that > the tools are expensive and not very good (I haven't tried Resharper).
Hmm It took Microsoft and J++ to get a decent IDE with code completion and breakpoint debugger into Java. Also, having to pay for tools is hardly the most expensive thing about software development, man-hours is! > A lot is opaque, so it can be hard to find out why, say, an installer > does nothing, or behaves differently on Windows 7 to XP. Sure, because it is super easy to distribute and run Java software! That's why each and every noteworthy desktop application uses a native wrapper to bootstrap. > With Java, I can get the guys in tech support who did some programming > at uni to have a go at lending a hand in a quiet moment, without > worrying about furnishing them with a VS licence or having them use a > pirated version. With C#, I'm done faster so I usually go help out in tech support. ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
