🚀 go-pugleaf

Bob Arnson wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 05 Oct 1997 14:24:39 PDT, David Orriss Jr wrote:
> >want to do this in Java.  The whole point of the language is to make "write
> >once run anywhere" apps.  NOT to write "write once and run on Bill's OS
> >apps".
> 
> It's not the point of the language. It's the point Sun's marketing
> department wants you to believe. It's a fantasy. Sun's best hopes lie
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> in making it easy to create native-looking Java apps. Realistically
> you're going to target a handful of machines; for each of them, you'll
> have a Java development environment for testing, (necessary) tweaking,
> and native compilation.
> 

Fantasy?  The current portability issues for Java are related to the many native
peer classes that depend on the quirks of the underlying windowing systems. 
These peers are being eliminated even as we speak (can you say Swing?). 
Lightweight components will make Java code very portable.


> The only way to avoid this future is to build a Java CPU into every
> desktop or make it a $50 add-on card.
> 
> Java is a powerful language; there's no reason to dumb it down by
> swallowing Sun's hype.
> 

There are lots of powerful languages.  There's no reason to dumb Java down by
locking it down to proprietary platforms and APIs.

++Brian

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