From: "Michael T. Richter" Date: 2007-10-22T20:15:50+09:00 Subject: Re: IronRuby...will it be like J++? --=-TDOMIl1cssHFlQ2ojxCS Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-v8ItxsBm+nCZBY09mPa2" --=-v8ItxsBm+nCZBY09mPa2 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-22-10 at 20:00 +0900, Clifford Heath wrote: > Michael T. Richter wrote: > > Yeah. Because that worked really well for them with Java. >=20 > It did on the desktop, where their installed base and revenue > stream is. What worked better for them there is that Java still basically sucks for full-fledged applications even after all this time. Every time I fire up a Java app I go out, make myself a fresh cup of tea, check on my (snail)mail and just basically slack off for a while. When I get back the app *MAY* have started. Unless that App is Eclipse in which case it will likely have crashed. Failing that I've got a few more minutes of waiting before it starts. --=20 Michael T. Richter (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com) All really first class designers are both artists, engineers, and men of a powerful and intolerant temper, quick to resist the least modification of the plans, energetic in fighting the least infringement upon what they regard as their own sphere of action. (Nevil Shute) --=-v8ItxsBm+nCZBY09mPa2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-22-10 at 20:00 +0900, Clifford Heath wrote:

Michael T. Richter wrote:
> Yeah.  Because that worked really well for the=
m with Java.

It did on the desktop, where their installed base a=
nd revenue
stream is.

What worked better for them there is that Java still basically sucks for fu= ll-fledged applications even after all this time. Every time I fire u= p a Java app I go out, make myself a fresh cup of tea, check on my (snail)m= ail and just basically slack off for a while. When I get back the app= *MAY* have started. Unless that App is Eclipse in which case it will= likely have crashed. Failing that I've got a few more minutes of wai= ting before it starts.

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Michael T. Richter <ttmri= chter@gmail.com> (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com)
All really first class designers are both artists, engineers, and men of= a powerful and intolerant temper, quick to resist the least modification o= f the plans, energetic in fighting the least infringement upon what they re= gard as their own sphere of action. (Nevil Shute)

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