On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 11:28:19AM -0700, Stuart Jansen wrote: > > Java was specifically designed to deal with lowest common denominator > programmers.
In what way specifically? I've always thought the design of Java was targeted at C/C++ programmers. When people talk about languages for non-programmers or bad programmers, I think of VisualBasic, COBOL, VBA, PL/SQL, PHP etc. Languages that have a pretty specific niche (simple GUI, database, web), and/or extreme simplifications for their target audience. I don't see that in Java. Java is quite general, and if it was supposed to be for knotheads, why did they make it so C++-like instead of something like Python or PL/SQL? > As a programmer's experience increases, she should become > exponentially more productive. Java limits that growth to a more > logarithmic curve. How exactly does Java do that? Barry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
