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On Wednesday 05 November 2003 11:37, Kevin Anderson wrote:
> Let me reword.  Applications that do not directly interact with humans
> aren't written in Java.  or Applications that have no need to ever connect
> to a browser aren't written in Java. 

there are lots of such beasts out there these days... Java is not my language 
of choice for purely stylistic reasons, but it is successfully leveraged as 
middleware in a lot of places these days.

> can compensate for the VM's lag, but still, where performance matters, Java
> isn't the solution I see many people picking.

your point on performance is true...

> I've very much in favor of Java, both as a concept, and as a tool.  But
> there are places that Java isn't appropriate as compared to something like
> C.

agreed... one can say that about any language, i suppose.

> Or, if you code like me, Qbasic...  :)

ok, well, almost any language ;-)

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Aaron J. Seigo
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