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I have other questions. (see below) On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: ... > What everyone discovered was that: > (a) New releases of the Java have a tendency to break existing > applications that live near the edge of the spec. > (b) Too many applications seem to live near the edge. > (c) Bright and shiny Java extensions are helpful AND habit-forming. > (d) You need more than a patch to break the habit. > (e) Organizations want to speed up cycle time and reduce development > costs. Therefore they want to ship the java they tested with so that they > control the content and don't have to re-test or re-certify each level of > Java. > (f) While Java is the IT version of Esperanto, it's still just a > programming language that uses a run-time library. > (g) It takes a run-time library a long time to become dependably stable > (LE, anyone?) > (h) Ah, so THAT'S what Grandma meant by "Too many cooks spoil the broth!". Or why do so few ever consider compiling to native? (The answer seems to be just-in-time. Talk about living on the edge!) Android has a clean-room JVM. Love and hate are both four letter words. > So began as a revolution in program development ended up as "Write once, > regret everywhere." ... Indeed. -- -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
