On 28 March 2011 09:59, Bruce Chapman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28/03/2011 2:33 p.m., Kevin Wright wrote: > >> >> JVM platform? Not so... only one language there suffers checked >> exceptions. The platform overall is a Good Thing(tm) >> > > Languages aren't sentient so they don't suffer. A few people (who are > sentient) appear to suffer checked exceptions, those people seem to be far > more aware than I, of myriad alternatives languages where they could go to > avoid their suffering - yet they continue to suffer and bemoan their > suffering (there is some implicit suffering amongst the bemoanees here) > rather than moving away. > > I don't understand their suffering, and I don't understand why they don't > move. > > You can move language, but still remain on the Java platform. That was kind of my point... > > > -- > 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. > > -- Kevin Wright gtalk / msn : [email protected] <[email protected]>mail: [email protected] vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright twitter: @thecoda "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger" ~ Dijkstra -- 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.
