You might want to check the date on Java 5 Newton. On 4/5/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan Revusky wrote: > > What happens when you don't do any significant innovation for 4 years? > > Particularly in a field like java software? > > You mean like the language itself? I mean, seriously... as a SmallTalk > and Lisp developer I always wonder why people choose to use Java; in > general I assume they just like to type and have nothing else to do. > > > IMO, it is irresponsible to encourage new people to start off building > > new projects on top of Struts 1.x. It is obsolete technology and will > > simply become more obsolete over time. > > So we should skip Java altogether, then, as near as I can tell. > > I'm pretty sure most anything becomes more obsolete over time, although > it's nice to see other languages finally realizing that Lisp has quite a > few great features, so Lisp appears to be becoming unobsolete. > > > Again, I think it is just completely irresponsible to encourage people > > who have no existing investment in Struts 1.x to make such an > > investment at this point in time, when the thing is not competitive in > > its space AND all further development is being abandoned. > > I guess that depends on what you mean by "further development," since > obviously people are, and have been, working on Struts 1.x... that said, > I wouldn't use it for new development either. > > > Frank, it gets painful to debate this with you or other people. > > So stop. My monk would be amused by you. Only slightly more than he is > amused by me, but amused nonetheless. > > Personally I'd give a look at the Spring MVC framework, although I've > gotten quite a bit done with a Spring/Struts combination. > > Dave > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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