Okaaaay. And why does Open Office only use Java in the periphery? Or why does Google prefer to sponsor Wine in order to run Picasa on *unix rather than write it in Java?
Obviously some people think Java is not up to pair with a native implementation, perhaps because they have a low tolerance for lag or perhaps because they do not have multiple cores with GB of RAM. Let's allow these people to also write Java programs. /Casper On Sep 18, 6:42 pm, Jess Holle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the reason is largely historical at this point frankly. > > I think one could /now/ do a great Java in browser. Java blew its > chance in this regard by not being ready when Sun attempted to do this > and getting a reputation as ill-suited for this. Additionally many > browsers were done by communities that felt divorced from Java (prior to > OpenJDK). > > The issue is that no one wants to do a new browser now. Everyone's > glomming onto WebKit, Mozilla, or Opera. > > Casper Bang wrote: > > Let's turn it on the head for a moment, whom of you are currently > > reading this from HotJava or another Java based browser? Ok. And why > > not? > > > /Casper > > > On Sep 18, 6:02 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >> Ahhh the irony...a Java development environment that only works on one > >> platform. > > >> On Sep 18, 11:26 am, "Viktor Klang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> wrote: > > >>>> out of curiosity, why does your app need 70 jars? > > >>> 70 jars of Java on the wall, 70 jars of Java. > >>> Take one down and pass it around, 69 jars of Java on the wall. > > >>>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Amarjeet Singh wrote: > > >>>> I just tried this IDE and a couple of quick points: > > >>>> - No support for multiple source paths. > >>>> - No JUnit support. However, it does support ANT and hence JUnit tests > >>>> could be an ANT task. > >>>> - Quirks like, "one has to add each java jar file, individually from a > >>>> dialog box". I was trying to import about 70 jar files and I finally > >>>> gave up > >>>> after adding 5 jars. > >>>> - No project types, except for a java application and a java applet. The > >>>> whole web has been left out. > >>>> - No import functionality from existing projects from a different IDE. > > >>>> It reminds me of the days when I was using Kawa, a native IDE for java. > > >>>> Just my thoughts. If you can extract speed out of it being a C++ > >>>> application capable of running and compiling java, with not too many > >>>> fancy > >>>> requirements around enterprise application development, then go ahead. > > >>>> Btw, have you tried Blue-J? Blue-J is primarily a java language teaching > >>>> IDE, but it sure should be capable of doing more. > > >>>> Regards > > >>>> Amarjeet > > >>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:08 PM, allen cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >>>>> I'm a Java beginner and now sourcing a lightweight Java IDE for my > >>>>> school projects. I used Eclipse before but it ran a bit slow on my 2 > >>>>> yrs old computer. > > >>>>> Anyone has tried JCODER,http://www.jcoder.com. > > >>>>> I'm using its Lite version and consider to switch to its full version. > > >>>>> Appreciate your comments. > > >>>> -- > >>>> Amarjeet Singh > >>>> Phone: +91-98712-76661 > > >>> -- > >>> Viktor Klang > >>> Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
