Re:Why the Best Doesn't Always Win (1996)
by pmoriarty on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:24PM
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I wasn't talking about now. I was replying to api's assertion that "Java was slow and immature in the 90s but it was a huge step up from PHP, Perl...".
So that's about how Java was back then, and whether it was a "huge step up" from Perl. It wasn't.
Yes, Java improved greatly over time, and yes it's more popular now. Whether its current popularity is deserved or not is debatable, and a separate issue.
So that's about how Java was back then, and whether it was a "huge step up" from Perl. It wasn't.
Yes, Java improved greatly over time, and yes it's more popular now. Whether its current popularity is deserved or not is debatable, and a separate issue.