On Friday 18 October 2002 15:17, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > Java really is a poor choice for Debian as the implementations of Java > by Sun and Ibm are proprietary and aren't included in Debian. >
this is a very valid argument and really the clincher for me. Java IS owned by Sun and whoever uses it are at Sun's whim. > Also byte-compiled code is quite slow. Compilling the code kind of > defeats it's purpose as c++ would be better in that case. IMHO g++ is > more mature than gjc (gnu java compiler). > this however is no longer really true. The Java apps I have used were slow to launch but behaved just like any other C/C++ program once running. The old argument about java's speed are as valid as the old arguments against writing C++ code on Unix. Time and software have changed and the hardware has also caught up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]