On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 thought there was a global consensus that VB 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Viktor Klang | "A complex system that works is invariably | found to have evolved from a simple system | that worked." - John Gall Akka - the Actor Kernel: Akkasource.org Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang -- 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.
