Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Javascript replacing Java? Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 19:49:26 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <75947fa8-5d0c-415c-b2f1-78ccd38293a3@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 19:49:26 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="577c9530bd857c23caf6a280ecf7b398"; logging-data="7645"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+LVTxZGLqonreXFL/lA7gHPmFBY/KP3Rs=" User-Agent: Pan/0.141 (Tarzan's Death; 168b179 git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ud8XxzDMrxK95dEETBgt3+ourGg= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:36625 On Mon, 15 May 2017 10:46:39 -0700, a.laforgia wrote: > On Monday, 15 May 2017 12:58:42 UTC+1, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > [...] >> I had a brief tussle with JavaScript and gave up on it because: > > So you're yet another one who cannot compare them. > >> 1) I like strongly typed languages > [...] >> 2) I learn languages best by reading books but I was utterly unable to >> find even a barely adequate book on JavaScript. > > Oh, I see, two more than valid reasons to say that JS will never replace > Java. > > Please note that I am not defending that point. I am just pinpointing > that you cannot compare two parties if you haven't got enough > information about one of them, and you as well as Arne don't. I said nothing about whether one language will replace another. What I did was to tell you that I don't like JavaScript as a language, give my reasons for not liking it and adding that I don't want to use it. So, don't try put words in my mouth that I didn't say or mean. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |