On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:08, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin, I think you're confusing "Java" the language with "the Java Virtual > Machine",
In reality I was talking about both. I know the difference and I know that the JVM as even more weight nowadays. > Java as a language has got a ton of legacy and not enough room to evolve > when it's basically requiering both source and binary compatibility with > older code. And what do you think about C(++) - you could say it has a ton of legacy too or evolving too slow. Since VB 4.0 (not the .NET - I mean the older version) up to 6.0 there were no significant language improvements and despite this it has been used for about 10 years in a lot of projects. Many years went by between releases of Windows without anybody saying, it is dead. I have suffered a lot from problems while using languages that are still evolving and I am happy about a little consistency and a language that can be considered as stable. > The JVM on the other hand is an amazing piece of tech that allows us to run > bytecode based software on A LOT of platforms. Of course the JVM is the base under the Java language that is used as a destination platform for many other compilers - and of course we don't want yet another runtime. But I find, that Java is still of interest and there are still people learning Java and so people learning C(++) from zero. The Java posse does not necessarily need to focus on the core Java when talking about the Java language. There is a lot of Java libraries, frameworks and components they could talk about. -- Martin Wildam -- 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.
