Why are you (re)loading Java?
Hypothetically, if you received a new version of CICS that took 2 seconds
longer to load but provided every application a 20% CPU reduction during
execution, would you take that trade? I certainly would.
Third digit point releases in Java have delivered substantial performance
improvements, never mind whole new versions.
To the comment about languages ("why Java?"), is English better than
Mandarin? No -- they're two different languages, each with their own
attributes and each with enormous (and growing) installed bases, portfolios
of knowledge, and invested value. Why not read/write/speak (support) both?
They're both great. I really, really don't understand objections to
particular programming languages. That'd be like somebody saying everything
must be written in COBOL and nothing must be written in FORTRAN. Well, why?
That's a quasi-religious or political viewpoint, not a technical or
business value one.
Honestly, I don't get it. Maybe I should have been around when people were
(stupidly?) warring over Assembler versus COBOL versus PL/I. (The correct
answer/outcome: they're all fine.)
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Timothy Sipples
Resident Enterprise Architect
Value Creation & Complex Deals Team
IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore)
E-Mail: [email protected]
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