I think for the same reasons that twitter started using Scala and Facebook started compiling PHP to C++...
On 24 July 2010 11:06, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/07/23/1838243 > > I have wondered this for years, how Java could be the language of > choice for web application design. > > Java is so much more complex and unproductive compared to a language > like Python. > This adds up to time and money. > > If I ran a business I would definitely use Java as little as possible. > > > > > snydeq writes > "Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike ripped the use of Java and C++ > during his keynote at OSCON, saying that these 'industrial programming > languages' are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's > computing environments. 'I think these languages are too hard to use, > too subtle, too intricate. They're far too verbose and their subtlety, > intricacy and verbosity seem to be increasing over time. They're > oversold, and used far too broadly,' Pike said. 'How do we have stuff > like this [get to be] the standard way of computing that is taught in > schools and is used in industry? [This sort of programming] is very > bureaucratic. Every step must be justified to the compiler.' Pike also > spoke out against the performance of interpreted languages and dynamic > typing." > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
