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Re: Does Java change as much as .NET?

From Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.help
Subject Re: Does Java change as much as .NET?
Date 2012-09-28 14:00 -0700
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:30:58 -0700 (PDT), Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
wrote:

>markspace wrote:
>> jbeteta wrote:
>>> I'm a .NET developer, but don't know too much about Java. Since I'm
>> > going to learn Java, I'm wondering if Java changes as much as .NET.
>> 
>...
>> 
>> Java was released in 1995... ish, and is now up to Java version 7, so 
>> probably Java changes about as much as .Net stuff.  As Lew mentioned, a 
>
>How much is "much"?
>
>Not every Java change was the same size, however you measure it.
>
>If one will discuss "how much" a language changes, one needs to define what "how much" 
>means.

     I think that the most important measurement of such change is
compatibility changes.

>> quick Google search and Wikipedia article could tell you this.
>
>I don't think it would be quick. A quick search can tell you when major releases, and 
>a slight slower one when minor releases, were issued, but is that a measure of "how 
>much" change there was?

     And if you do not already know the language well, it will not
mean much to you.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Does Java change as much as .NET? jbeteta@gmail.com - 2012-09-27 17:44 -0700
  Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-27 17:55 -0700
  Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-27 18:55 -0700
  Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-27 19:48 -0700
    Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:30 -0700
      Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-28 17:00 -0400
      Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-28 14:00 -0700
  Re: Does Java change as much as .NET? "Leonardo Azpurua" <leonardo@exmvps.org> - 2012-10-16 20:10 -0430

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