On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:05:53 +0200, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Fabrizio Giudici <
[email protected]> wrote:
Taken as a general statement, it is false: the industry uses lots of
Java
on the desktop.
Taken literally, any sentence containing the words "nobody" or
"everybody"
is most likely incorrect.
Practically speaking, the veracity of the statement is probably more tied
to how many people would agree with it than its literal meaning. Myself,
I
would certainly agree with the claim that "nobody uses VHS tapes these
days" even if it's technically incorrect.
Truth is not a matter of democracy, but of facts. There are also false
myths around which people believes in. For instance, the majority of
people use JUnit thinking that it's the best Java test tool around ;-)
It's clear that in our context "nobody" doesn't mean "0%", but "a
negligible amount".
--
Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s.
"We make Java work. Everywhere."
http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected]
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