[PLUG] Why java is evil ???? (was "new guy with questions" )

[Lancashire, Pete]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Wilhelm [mailto:scratchcomputing at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 11:02 AM
> To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Why java is evil ???? (was "new guy with 
> questions"
> )
> 
> 
> # from Bill Ensley
> # on Tuesday 27 June 2006 10:22 am:
> 
> # pete
> >> Many were less then 50
> >> (working code not comments docs) lines of perl.
> >>
> >> i handed about a dozen of them to someone else to do. he did
> >> them in Java.
> 
> And then they were how long?  150 lines?  Am I even warm yet?

some were less line then perl .. very warm :)
> 
> >It's my understanding that you can program badly in any language,
> >What you needed to do was probably just fine in java, but the
> >Developer just didn't optimize properly.
> 
> Ok, but this is just not the sort of thing you do in Java.
> 
> Funny, the sort of thing that Java is "meant for" still runs 
> faster in 
> Perl with less code.

my main point, each lang has its purpose. i wish schools would
stress that more. or should say individual profs. there are times
i miss the report writer in cobol.

> 
> --Eric
> -- 
> Now, a threaded javascript VM with some I/O and something 
> like CPAN... 
> that would be sweet.
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