Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:03:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Future of Java question.... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206202256180.26680-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020621035341.A2383@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> independence. The question is, are the benefits worth the price? In a > similar vein, does .Net exact the same kind of performance hit? In your > opinion, will Java remain a viable platform for the forseeable future? > Or will it bloat itself into oblivion? Yes, .NET seems to be as bloated as Java. I was able to compile jdk1.3.1 and run it (in production, thousands connections a day, about a hundred simulteneous connections) on my PII-300 but I wasn't able to compile or run Microsoft clr on the same box. Anyway Java has at least 5 more years in it, that's what pessimists are saying. When you need a program with complicated UI or some simple network service and you need it *now* I think Java is and will remain a perfect tool. Not to mention academia: students can create sophisticated projects in Java. In some other programming language you are lucky if you can teach them how to make linked lists by the end of senior year :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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