> So why the constant talk about jumping to another platform where you have > the platform/language but have to start w/ soo much less, just because Java > does not have some feature thats in some other language on a non java > platform ? You seem to acknowledge the eco system but yet you are so quick > to devalue and abandon it just because of some life/death language feature ?
Not at all, I'm saying I can get by without having to choose between 7 different logging frameworks and 17 different web-frameworks. Less might be more for language features, but it most certainly is as well for frameworks. > Are you sure LINQ is *always* such a great idea ? LINQ4SQL has already been > end of lifed...It seems to me some people just like shiny things over there > because they dont have them. LINQ-2-SQL is just a provider, it has simply been super-seeded by the more advanced LINQ-2-Entities provider. Those who wish to remain with the less powerful but simpler approach, may use open-source providers like i.e. DbLinq up against their Oracle, MySQL, PostGres, Ingres or SQLServer instance. There might be an element of "the grass is greener" but would you argue against that arbitrary language level projection of data is a massively useful feature? A lot of people make the mistake of classifying LINQ as an ORM, when the truth is it's actually more like a baked in JDBC provider framework allowing you to map and reduce data from just about anywhere. Particular in these declarative and functional times, abstraction of this kind is needed if we wish to continue scaling. > Development work is all about headaches and nuisances like that, its never > been a perfect art. Im sure everybody's apis are never perfect, come back a > while later and you too will be stumped why you did that when it might not > make perfect sense. Naturally. But unless you are into S&M, you try to avoid too many bruises and headaches on your way. It's currently a very difficult art to choose framework that will remain relevant just a year from now, regardless of whether you go standard of de-facto. As a manager that would frighten me tremendously, because the end result might be quite a bit more severe than just a headache. -- 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.
