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Re:45 years since its creation. The C language still very po... by dfox on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:36PM (#11763644)
The problem with Java systems of mind-boggling size is that their mind-boggling size is usually caused by them being written in Java (and not the other way around).

As for design patterns, the patterns that are really extensively used have more to do with overcoming the limitations of Java (or C++, C#, or whatever similar language) than with expressing anything profound.

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Re:45 years since its creation. The C language still very po... by pjmlp on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:54PM (#11763869)
Except people tend to forget those mind-boggling systems used to be written in C, C++ and Smalltalk before Java was a thing.

Anyone that hates JEE, should spend some time having fun with CORBA or DCOM and see which one s/he likes best.

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Re:45 years since its creation. The C language still very po... by nickpsecurity on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @12:08AM (#11767603)
Oh it's worse. Not sure why but the high-assurance security field relied on high-security ORB's for connecting components in separation kernel systems. I was like, "Can't we use ZeroMQ or something? What are the odds that could be more fu... insecure than CORBA implementations?" Unreal.
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Re:45 years since its creation. The C language still very po... by hodgesrm on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:52PM (#11764456)
CORBA. Oogh. You would bring that up.
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