[geeks] Misuse of Java

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:50:26PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 02:21 PM, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> >As far as I've ever been able to tell Java has no valid technical 
> >reason
> >for being -- never really did, and probably never will.
> 
>   Wow, I suppose it's a good thing you're wrong. ;)
> 
>   If it weren't for Java, my company's product would be functioning 
> maybe 1-2 years from now, instead of *now*...and then it'd likely only 
> be on one or two platforms.

So, if it weren't for Java, you'd be completely incapable of picking up
another rapid development language?  There are lots out there.  Like,
compilable python, for instance.
 
>   Also, the embedded systems community is moving to Java in droves for 
> larger applications due to lack of bugs caused by misuse of dynamic 
> allocation and pointers.

Yeah, there are some nice things about it.  I need to learn more about
JNI. 

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd