> > > The easiest measure that shows Java is advanced, is the shear inbalance of > NET projects that are ports of Java libraries. It seems a lot of people > appreciate and value these commodities and thats why they port them. There > is very little in comparison going the other way. All numbers are relative, > but cannot be disputed that many of the cool libraries on NET came from > Java. Java itself has also copied ideas, ports etc from other places, but > IMHO its obvious who is in front of whom >
Keep in mind though, that more Java developers move over to .NET than the other way around and that probably has a direct effect on ports. Also, if you listen to pod-casts, you will undoubtedly have noticed how .NET people are not shy about looking over the fence to the neighbors whereas (some of) the Java community is a bit uptight about their own turf. Just as a fun exercise, go take a look at the interview/topic list between .NET Rocks and The Java Posse and notice the difference. Also, for a very long time, the mindset in the Java camp has been either rebuttal (we still don't have closures*, it took over a decade to get enums etc.) or even ridicule of alternatives (Ruby, Mono etc.). Thankfully this has changed somewhat over the last couple of years, pushed by JVM polygloth, Android etc., however just a few episodes ago, you could still find the Java Posse inflate a minute news-item about the deprecation of Moonlight into a 10 minute general rant about Mono. * http://benhutchison.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/suns-rejection-of-delegates-for-java/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/HtRFCIZKAi8J. 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.
