Adam C. (gmail) wrote: > I don't agree. Boldness is good. :-)
> Why do we have to live in a vanilla world? When I write Java code, I feel like I'm in a vanilla world. Java, Swing in particular, tries to be not just cross platform, but platform neutral--as if all differences are irrelevant. Platform neutrality is an OK theory, but I've never been happy with the resulting software. Both Python and .Net are cross platform, but they don't try to hide the important differences. They are not vanilla at all. You can hack the registry and use COM in Windows. You can use signals and filesystem links in Unix. Thus cross platform doesn't necessarily mean platform neutral. Cross platform means you can make strawberry ice cream and, with not too much effort, change the recipe to make chocolate. > I don't agree with the > philosophy of trying to please everyone just to be nice. It's not just to be nice. Several of us would have trouble participating if the software didn't run on Linux and/or Mac. Shane _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
