[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> > > Maybe this one time, Microsoft is right.
> >
> >    With what, exactly?  .NET?  C#?  No thanks.
>
> Nah, I was thinking of their hosing it up so no one could use it for the
> purpose for which it was designed, i.e. portable code.  Then dropping it
> when Sun objected....

Ew.  Eeew.

> > If you want speed, write in C.  If you want binary-level portability
> > and EXTREMELY rapid app development, write in Java.  If you want to
> > get a free membership to the local prepubescent-kids-only Linux club,
> > write in C++.  It's as simple as that.
>
> If you want to have a job forever, yea, verily, and on into the next
> life, write in COBOL.

LOL!

> FWIW, our shop does some Java, but I haven't noticed that the
> development was all that rapid; in fact, rather the contrary.  Might not
> be Java at fault, of course....

It most definitely isn't Java at fault.  I can guarantee you that.

Peace...  Sridhar