Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: [OT] Re: missing import java.lang.Comparable Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:02:17 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <638a1d64-f125-4456-a20b-4dbf45f49da2@googlegroups.com> <60a5ccde-2657-48d6-b3dd-04ec1a0973ab@googlegroups.com> <6cbiob184r55h86pg11p45gkkmg4c877tu@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 7SK6yTFfqwlIPNBLl3l7Qg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:34968 On 7/18/2016 4:26 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 7/18/2016 4:10 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:19:53 -0400, Jerry Stuckle >> wrote: >>> On 7/15/2016 6:52 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >>>> On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:38:25 -0400, Jerry Stuckle >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 7/15/2016 2:39 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 20:59:38 -0400, Jerry Stuckle >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Packed decimal easily handles this and even larger. >>>>>> >>>>>> When it is available. >>>> >>>>> Which is a big reason why COBOL is still the most commonly used language >>>>> in finance (including banks, insurance companies and governments). >>>> >>>> Of course. >>>> >>>> But when one has lemons ... >> >>> When one has a need, they pick the appropriate solution for that need. >> >> So what is the solution on a Web browser? > > Who cares? It's not a Java problem. If one decide to solve the problem by doing the add server side. Then if the server side is in Java, then it do become a Java problem. JS client server talking to JAX-RS services in Java is a relative common setup. Arne