Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: 25 Nov 2024 23:37:36 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <6iKdnTQOKNh6AqD6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <20241120081039.00006d2a@gmail.com> <3a520e79-653f-cba2-0f6d-586125a63d87@example.net> <53c24513-e58c-1570-64b7-c01e77d8c385@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net HAKPByOoloFkaUs/RWxGfwi2wEh21XBe7uXjXOEPbztAuoT5zj Cancel-Lock: sha1:jdqBJZtcBH1DuydZ+JpU3EXPwa0= sha256:MeJcB8YrFVHKBjFEyRqOuNYQfTICgN7xhjVlZ1bPl9I= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61355 On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:21:21 +0100, D wrote: > One of my customers has an in house developed, huge, java program. They > have been developing it, based on a ph.d. thesis for the last 10 years, > and they also tried to shun libraries but have written a lot of > functionality from scratch. > > I almost started to work there 7 years ago, but that would have been too > early. It is absolutely fascinating how much they achieved in the past 7 > years and how much their program has matured. Those things tend to grow. There is a small town that is handled by the county sheriffs department but it's about 50 miles from the dispatch station. The original Java app allowed the substation to have some idea what was going on in town, but there was no interaction. It was simple to set up and to update. Over the years it grew into a fully functional interface with parts being reused to build an Android app. I did a few minor enhancements over the years for GIS related functionality with great care since I am not a competent Java programmer. I was interested in Java in the late '90s. In my edition of 'Java in a Nutshell' it still fit in a nutshell rather than a whole damn walnut tree. My first disillusionment came when Swing was added on top of AWT. "your app runs like a herniated sloth? You need a bigger, faster machine!" I have the media for Visual J++. It showed promise before it was kneecapped by Sun. imho C# is Java done right.