[geeks] Misuse of Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 02:57 PM, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
>>   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.

   Of course not...but I wasn't interested in "picking up" another 
language.  And does Python have the cross-platform GUI capabilities of 
Java, and if so, does it do them as well as Java does?

        -Dave

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