On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 15:40, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > I think XML is a really good way of reducing the coding efforts..What is > wrong with XML...HIbernate uses XML so I guess that is one of the strengths > of the same..
I can tell you what is wrong with XML: It takes longer to get the XML right than write a little - more flexible piece of code. There is nothing won. XML is for data exchange like CSV - but for more complex structures and only if the files don't get too long because of the lousy performance dealing with XML (by design there is no really fast way). I prefer 100 times to write a piece of source code over frickling around with XML files. This is my last remembering from the last .NET courses I attended. The presenters were more time occupied dealing with XML than writing code - yeah. But - to get back to the original topic: I think Java, is a very pretty language - easy to learn and still powerful and some more complex structures are optional (e.g. generics). From all the languages I learned, I enjoyed learning Java very much if not most (except the annoyance of the need to finalize every line with ";" ;-) ). XML and SQL I do not really consider as programming languages - SQL is more like a programming language than XML - XML is a file format, nothing more. SQL is a query language - as it state in it's name. Very narrow realm where it is used. There are new interesting languages like Scala but from my point of view it does not offer solutions to my most common problems or reducing time spent where I spend it most (e.g. GUI design ;-) ). -- 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.
