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| From | Abandoned Trolley <russell@fredswedlock.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: What is left alive? |
| Date | 2016-12-02 15:37 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <o1s4db$fr5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <Java-20161130005914@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <c4ska6r1g10l$.dlg@kimmeringer.de> <o1rofh$2j1$1@dont-email.me> <8aba352f-904b-426f-b226-0e8d448bd0ca@googlegroups.com> |
On 02/12/2016 14:48, Eric Douglas wrote: > On Friday, December 2, 2016 at 7:14:08 AM UTC-5, Abandoned Trolley wrote: >> If Java on the desktop is not dead, then it appears to be in decline, >> but that may be due in part to the decline in desktop and laptop >> computers generally. >> >> But theres a few other factors to consider > > I hate when people just try to say Java is a dying language in a Java forum. > Why would you say that? What is a good reason not to use Java? What language now does everything Java does that somehow works better? > I think other languages are and/or should be dying languages because of their limitations but I haven't found anything yet I can't do with Java, and the big businesses from Google to Microsoft are supporting it with APIs. > I was not suggesting that Java does not "do stuff" - just saying (mainly) that the portability argument may no longer be valid. My point might be reinforced if the rumours of the end of SPARC turn out to be true ... AT
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Re: What is left alive? Lothar Kimmeringer <news200709@kimmeringer.de> - 2016-12-01 12:28 +0100
Re: What is left alive? Abandoned Trolley <russell@fredswedlock.co.uk> - 2016-12-02 12:13 +0000
Re: What is left alive? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-02 06:48 -0800
Re: What is left alive? Abandoned Trolley <russell@fredswedlock.co.uk> - 2016-12-02 15:37 +0000
Re: What is left alive? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2016-12-02 17:57 -0800
Re: What is left alive? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-12-03 11:34 +0100
Re: What is left alive? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-12-04 11:39 +0100
Re: What is left alive? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-12-05 21:37 -0500
Re: What is left alive? Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 05:08 -0800
Re: What is left alive? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-12-06 18:46 +0100
Re: What is left alive? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-12-06 21:01 -0500
Re: What is left alive? a.laforgia@gmail.com - 2016-12-05 06:13 -0800
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