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Posted June 29, 2010
that was epic :)
Posted June 29, 2010
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Wolfox: I don't really like Java, but the movie is pretty good. :-D

Haha yeah - good idea. Too bad JAVA sucks :p
Posted June 29, 2010
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Red_Avatar: Haha yeah - good idea. Too bad JAVA sucks :p

Why? :(
Posted June 29, 2010
I hated the small amount of time spent at college when I had to study Java. Granted this was 10 years ago now, and I've forgotten it all and have no idea on what Java is doing today.
This clip was quite brilliant though!
Posted June 29, 2010
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Red_Avatar: Haha yeah - good idea. Too bad JAVA sucks :p
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pops117: Why? :(

Because of past problems with it. And I've had too many. Stability issues, cross-platform issues, resource problems, backward compatibility problems, etc. etc. And yes, I had it at uni for a year as well. Forgot most of it too, and while it was quite easy to program for, it didn't change my opinion that Java is a bit too rickety for my taste. Maybe it's improved a great deal by now though but I've never had problems with .NET.
Posted June 29, 2010
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pops117: Why? :(
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Red_Avatar: Because of past problems with it. And I've had too many. Stability issues, cross-platform issues, resource problems, backward compatibility problems, etc. etc. And yes, I had it at uni for a year as well. Forgot most of it too, and while it was quite easy to program for, it didn't change my opinion that Java is a bit too rickety for my taste. Maybe it's improved a great deal by now though but I've never had problems with .NET.

I've asked around and the consensus is that Java gets a bad rap because people seem to not know how to make the most out of it.
And Java applets are just plain wrong.
Posted June 29, 2010
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michaelleung: I've asked around and the consensus is that Java gets a bad rap because people seem to not know how to make the most out of it.

Then there's a reason for that. To be frank, Sun has been pretty awful at properly getting their platform out there and simplifying the parts that come in contact with the consumer. Most people don't know or understand Java and unlike Flash, which is quite similar in many ways, it's far from as obvious. In the past 10 years, I've had to spend far too much time installing Java on all kinds of computers. Our eBank sites all use Java for example, and it's not installed by default and the website used to be a mess, impossible to find the right file for a normal user.
Posted June 29, 2010
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Red_Avatar: Because of past problems with it. And I've had too many. Stability issues, cross-platform issues, resource problems, backward compatibility problems, etc. etc. And yes, I had it at uni for a year as well. Forgot most of it too, and while it was quite easy to program for, it didn't change my opinion that Java is a bit too rickety for my taste. Maybe it's improved a great deal by now though but I've never had problems with .NET.

Never had any of these issues, it could also be because I didn't really programm very complexe apps with it. The compatibility issues are a thing of the past since javase5.0 and the only cross-platform issues I ever encountered were text encoding compatibility and access control. But if you know a bit about these subject you can easely write around it.
For quick personal projects it's very handy, and comfortable to use. For more serious projects I would go to (pun intended) C or C++ but I would never use something where I have to rely on the Windows platform, cross-platform or nothing is my motto.
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