[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 12:19 AM, sammy ominsky wrote:
>>   I should probably point out that we're edging dangerously close to 
>> "developer's personal preferences" territory.  I've programmed in 
>> both Java and TCL, and I don't find TCL easy at all.
>
> Really? I do. In fact, it was the first scripting language I learned, 
> direct from O~'s book. I found it ridiculously easy.

   Easy syntax, easy to learn...not easy for large apps.

>> scripting language...and as such is not, and will never be, suited to 
>> the development of large applications, in my opinion.
>
> I reserve the right to disagree with your opinion. I wrote an email 
> client in TCL 4 years ago. It was maybe 2500 lines. OK, not a HUGE 
> app, but the largest I've ever written.

   Though I applaud your effort to build your own mail client, I must 
point out that 2500 lines is not a large application by any measure.  
My company's main Java app hit 35,000 lines today, and most would still 
consider it a small app.

        -Dave

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