On 7/18/23 13:30:35, Rick Troth wrote:
I'd like to think that I'm somewhat broad minded: I hate Java, but not the language, rather the requirement for the JVM and the ecosystem which has grown up around it.
Java can be done very wrong. I've sought a portable (i.e. to more than one desktop OS) unXmit. I thought Java might be a solution, but what I find is a .tar.gz archive containing dozens of files. In contrast, identical jedit .jar files (with small wrapper scripts) run on Linux and MacOS. and <https://math.hws.edu/xJava/MB/index.html> GUI runs alike on Linux, displaying via X11 and MacOS, displaying via system graphics. The file open dialog works on both. I guess thee things are implemented in the maligned JVM. the separate CLI works on desktop and z/OS.
*Java was a language looking for a purpose, then found popularity when the web was young
Java? Or Javascript? -- gil
