Objective C is obviously a different scenario, which can be summarized as follows: if a new technology becomes insanely popular over a few years and opens up a brand new industry with tens of millions of users and hundreds of millions of dollars, whatever programming language it is based on will become equally popular.
-- Cédric On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > good point. I do think there is a fair level of dissatisfaction with > > java. esp among people who have backgrounds in other languages. but > > there really isn't a better general purpose alternative IMO. > > > > but it will take more than just dissatisfaction. a contender it has > > to be better than Java, but not just a little bit better - MUCH > > better. > > I say this every time it comes up. A contender just needs a market. > There is a reason objective-c is rising here, it is a great way for > many to make a pretty penny. As dissatisfied as some are with Java, > many still use it every day because it pays the bills. And many > others are not upset with it. So, for those, what incentive do they > have to learn something new, if it isn't going to make them more > money? (Or do you think people were learning objective-c because it > has technical advantages over the alternatives? I certainly can't > discredit the though, but it seems unlikely to me.) > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
