On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On May 6, 4:58 pm, Michael Kimsal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did I quote Gladwell anywhere? > > Yes, you did. I hate pedants, by the way. Fair warning. > As long as we're going on about pedants, show me the *quote*. I didn't quote, but brought his book up and made a connection. ;) > > A) Gladwell's drug addled rantings don't have any logic or scientific > merit. The point of his books is that they make you think, and that > they are fun to read. That's where it ends. You don't refer to his > premises as having actual value; that just makes you look naive. > Wow. There' no value in premises that make you think. Classic. Perhaps you think that's twisting your words, but that's what jumps out at me. My "gut reaction" if you will (and I know you will). > B) Rolling with it and presuming for a moment that Gladwell's mind > farts are accurate, who, other than you and the OP, have a negative > gut reaction to JavaFX? I'm talking about the actual language, not the > -concept- (you can always find droves of people who dislike change. I > don't need proof that water is wet, either. I'll just take that as a > given). > I think we've read a number of people on the list here over the months who've expressed negativity towards JavaFX, and it's often without having actually used it, only read about it or seen a demo. I'd call that a negative gut reaction - perhaps you'd disagree on that. And why limit yourself to *just* the actual language? I didn't think that was what was being discussed, but JavaFX as a whole. That's what I have the gut reaction to, and I've explained, in this thread and others, what some of my issues were. The *language* may be hunky dory, but it's the totality of the experience thus far that makes me question its ultimate fate/success. > > > C) The apple rolling its own VM issue has been discussed a gazillion > times. I suggest you search this forum. I've started some of those discussions myself. I was pretty sure I said I wasn't going to delve in to that one here for this thread because it was a topic for another day (thought those may not have been my exact words). > > > > > -- Michael Kimsal http://jsmag.com - for javascript developers http://groovymag.com - for groovy developers 919.827.4724 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
