On Tuesday 03 August 2004 03:29 pm, michaelb at real-time.com wrote: > Let me switch subjects instead, why is a negative attitude towards Java so > prevalent on this list? Java is backed by a UNIX vendor, it is a direct > competitor to Microsoft's development platforms, and there are zillions of > Open Source Java projects. It surprises me that the technology doesn't get > welcomed with open arms here. > > Mike Well maybe we should look where some of the discussion started. There are a lot of people here who have used python and maybe, just maybe, that influences the opinion of Java. But hey, don't take my word for it. Some interesting links: Bruce Eckel on why he prefers python: http://www.artima.com/intv/aboutme.html Andy Hertzfeld quote: "Java was cool -- I could program twice as fast in Java as I could in C++. And now I can program twice as fast with Python as I can with Java." Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4550 It might just be that python is everything Java thinks it is. ;-) (FWIW I admit to being a Python bigot.) -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list