On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 17:32:54 +0000 (GMT),
Bernd Kreimeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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Bernd> I agree that Java is not dead, not by far (just look
Bernd> at C++ to see how long these language developments take).
Bernd> It's not outright well either, and not because of MS FUD,
Bernd> but because Sun was more committed to describe the entire
Bernd> world with an API inflation in their little Solaris/Win32
Bernd> empire, instead of focussing on getting the WORA promise
Bernd> fulfilled for a small, solid core. They bloated their
Bernd> precious little gem until it resembled a balloon filled
Bernd> with hot air, a balloon that might well loose all momentum
Bernd> in the presence of even the slightest friction.
I know you were responding to Steve, but I have a couple of questions:
In particular what parts of the API do you think are bloated? What about
different versions of JVM floating around: picoJava, personalJava,
Kaffe, servlets, numerous others? If it's too bloated, aren't there
smaller, faster subsets of Java that one can use?
I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just trying to understand how Java
would be used by people with projects like ID is doing or like embedded
developers.
Bernd> P.S.: Sun "supports" JDK on Linux, but I can't find anything
Bernd> on JDC about a Linux release candidate or ETA. I can get
Bernd> JDK 1.2rc2 for Win32 just fine. There. I don't feel better.
To be fair, they only announced support on November 2nd. Give them a few
weeks at least.
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Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
