*SNARK* ...... Gave up Java for Python. AT LEAST If it is not on zL I can grab source and install ... but then again I been doing Linux and that kind of stuff since 1993 ...
Ben Duncan - Business Network Solutions, Inc. 336 Elton Road Jackson MS, 39212 "Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: oracle java > From: Rick Troth <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, March 20, 2013 11:08 am > To: [email protected] > > > Email is better than "social media" except for one thing: a "like" button. > > 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
