Re:If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy
by gizzlon on Thursday October 10, 2013 @11:08AM
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Here's a dumb analogy to show what I mean:
"You want to switch out the horse? How are you going to get around? Show me something that has at least four legs, can run as fast, eats less and has more stamina!"
The car or the plane looses this comparison.
Point is that all that "stuff" Java programmers are used to might be missing in other languages & ecosystems. And that might be a real issue. But some of that stuff only exists in Java-land to fix issues with Java, and the fact that it's not needed is actually a feature.
I'm sure someone, somewhere, complained that the first cars didn't have feces collection system =)
"You want to switch out the horse? How are you going to get around? Show me something that has at least four legs, can run as fast, eats less and has more stamina!"
The car or the plane looses this comparison.
Point is that all that "stuff" Java programmers are used to might be missing in other languages & ecosystems. And that might be a real issue. But some of that stuff only exists in Java-land to fix issues with Java, and the fact that it's not needed is actually a feature.
I'm sure someone, somewhere, complained that the first cars didn't have feces collection system =)