Re: [OT] Java tops C as most popular language in developer index

From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: [OT] Java tops C as most popular language in developer index
Date	2013-08-19 21:10 +1200
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Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Monday, August 19, 2013 4:32:32 AM UTC+1, robert...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 17 Aug 2013 20:48:21 GMT, blmblm@myrealbox.com
>>
>> <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now, if the Java gets turned into JavaScript, which is interpreted
>>> by a browser ....  I wouldn't know about that [*].  But I'm fairly
>>> sure actual Java is not the performance disaster it was early on.
>>
>> Java doesn't get turned into JavaScript - they're two very different
>> languages.
>>
>> In any event, many browsers JIT JavaScript code these days.
>>
> Browsers will only run Java in applets, which have too many restrictions
> on what they can do to be useful for anything much other than little
> games or demos. (I'm sure there's an exceptional case somewhere).

One common and useful use for Java applets is remote consoles.  All the 
server types I manage use a Java applet for their consoles.

> Javascript on the other hand is a clumsy but highly flexible way of adding
> interactivity to web pages, uploading data from users, and sending it
> back to servers.

It's far from clumsy.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 11:29 -0500
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-14 11:49 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 12:05 -0500
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 13:37 -0400
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-14 18:26 +0000
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 15:13 -0400
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-14 13:02 -0700
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:30 -0500
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-14 12:56 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-15 17:02 +0300
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-15 19:32 +0000
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2013-08-14 16:55 +0000
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-14 17:16 +0000
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 12:20 -0500
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          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 20:43 +0000
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-18 09:33 +0000
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-18 21:16 +0000
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-08-14 20:06 +0000
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    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:34 -0500
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 13:42 -0400
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-14 10:54 -0700
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:38 -0500
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  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-15 14:56 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-15 20:29 +0000
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-15 13:42 -0700
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-15 20:05 -0500
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-16 02:17 +0000
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 00:15 -0500
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-16 19:48 +1200
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 11:55 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 20:48 +0000
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-18 22:32 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-19 15:40 +1200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 11:45 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-19 12:56 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 14:16 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-19 16:43 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-20 11:12 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-22 16:12 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-20 11:49 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-20 04:52 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-22 14:46 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-22 11:02 -0500
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                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-19 13:50 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-19 17:11 -0400
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-20 12:05 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-19 22:06 +0000
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2013-08-20 11:56 +0200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-21 03:41 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-19 02:05 -0700
                Re: [OT] Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-19 21:10 +1200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-19 08:24 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 11:47 -0500
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-16 07:00 -0400
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-16 04:07 -0700
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-16 08:07 -0400
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-16 16:44 +0000
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 11:51 -0500

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