[4088] in java-interest
Re: Java and Hotjava
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marko Gargenta)
Sun Dec 10 13:22:08 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 12:03:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Marko Gargenta <mgargent@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Michael Mehrle <michael@w3media.com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199512091847.KAA26792@vv.val.net>
> I'm actually pretty disgusted with what's going on with Java.
>Java is awesome, but it's such a stupid mess at the moment. There's
>no bloody solid broswer to test java code with, the confusion between the
>alpha and beta version of the language. Everything should be stablized
>before releasing it. It's all so premature. Sun could port the javac
>binaries to all the UNIX platforms in a week. For crying out loud, Sun
>has muscle, and it's not as if the java compiler produces executeable code.
>They're playing games.
Sun is *not* playing games with Java. It's decaring a war to Wintel monopoly.
Java is a new revolutionary approach to programming and as such it's
still normal to be buggy a little bit. Releasing it early is good because
for example this mailing list gives a very good input to Sun for
enhancements. Also it gives it an edge over MS.
>has muscle, and it's not as if the java compiler produces executeable code.
I wouyyld say the code *is* executable, may be not on the native hardware
but on the java machine, and that's it's beauty!
Think about that: having a standard virtual machine where all the code
runs no problem. We'll be able toexecute code we write today may be on a
microwave one day, or a watch. Why limit computing to PCs and Sun
workstations?
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Marko Gargenta
University of Waterloo
Marko.Gargenta@uWaterloo.Ca
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