Comments on: Language wars http://isanchez.net/2009/04/08/language-wars/ Software Craftsman Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ivan Sanchez http://isanchez.net/2009/04/08/language-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3837 Ivan Sanchez Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:56:09 +0000 http://isanchez.net/?p=207#comment-3837 <a href="#comment-3621" rel="nofollow">@Toby Hede</a> I hope it's the truth. The funny thing is how people tend to forget that. This decision process is interesting indeed. It even makes me wonder: could Twitter be as popular as it is if made completely in Java, for example? I really don't see why not. <a href="#comment-3667" rel="nofollow">@James Shiell</a> I believe it won't happen in the next couple of years. The bright side is that we can probably hide whatever language inside the WAR file ;) @Toby Hede
I hope it’s the truth. The funny thing is how people tend to forget that.

This decision process is interesting indeed. It even makes me wonder: could Twitter be as popular as it is if made completely in Java, for example? I really don’t see why not.

@James Shiell

I believe it won’t happen in the next couple of years. The bright side is that we can probably hide whatever language inside the WAR file ;)

]]> By: James Shiell http://isanchez.net/2009/04/08/language-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3667 James Shiell Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:20:07 +0000 http://isanchez.net/?p=207#comment-3667 It's always sad when people get religious about tools =/ More interesting question is - when will the big clients wake up to the fact that Java-as-a-language is mouldering and allow use of other languages on the JVM? It’s always sad when people get religious about tools =/

More interesting question is – when will the big clients wake up to the fact that Java-as-a-language is mouldering and allow use of other languages on the JVM?

]]> By: Toby Hede http://isanchez.net/2009/04/08/language-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3621 Toby Hede Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:40:26 +0000 http://isanchez.net/?p=207#comment-3621 "No language can prevent bad code." Isn't that the ultimate truth? I find it fascinating ... not so much the cult-like debates, but the actual technology and the insight into the decision process of an organisation like Twitter. The biggest factor for me is that Java is now really all about the JVM, and the language is a bloated misery that is best avoided :) “No language can prevent bad code.”
Isn’t that the ultimate truth?

I find it fascinating … not so much the cult-like debates, but the actual technology and the insight into the decision process of an organisation like Twitter.

The biggest factor for me is that Java is now really all about the JVM, and the language is a bloated misery that is best avoided :)

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