Support Forums: Message List - CIO.com article on Perl's strong and weak points; what about Java's? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:02 -0400 Re: Java problems and advantages http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254
Eiffel is simply a leap forward at the syntax level


Again: why is the syntax a leap forward?

Is do ... end better then { ... }?

Why even ask? To show a lack of understanding?

...]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:57:29 -0500 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:57:29 -0500 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:57:29 -0500 Feb 6, 2008 Nils Myklebust 0 Re: CIO.com article on Perl's strong and weak points; what about http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Java is not type safe by the formal definition of type safe:...]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:37:44 -0500 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:37:44 -0500 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:37:44 -0500 Feb 3, 2008 Aaron Evans 0 Re: CIO.com article on Perl's strong and weak points; what about http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Dynamic languages feel much more expressive than Java, but you give up type safety and usually performance as well....]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:38:28 -0500 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:38:28 -0500 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:38:28 -0500 Jan 31, 2008 Eivind Eklund 1 Re: Java problems and advantages http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Eiffel is simply a leap forward at the syntax level...]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:44:02 -0500 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:44:02 -0500 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:44:02 -0500 Jan 31, 2008 Tom Eugelink 1 Re: Java problems and advantages http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:38:30 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:38:30 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:38:30 -0500 Jan 30, 2008 Nils Myklebust 2 Re: COBOL "didn't work?" http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 COBOL didn't work? I... respectfully disagree. ...]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:59:39 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:59:39 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:59:39 -0500 Jan 30, 2008 Tom Eugelink 0 COBOL "didn't work?" http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:36:19 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:36:19 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:36:19 -0500 Jan 30, 2008 Joseph Ottinger 1 Re: Java problems and advantages http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Problems:
1. Realy arcane syntax...]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:24:36 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:24:36 -0500 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:24:36 -0500 Jan 30, 2008 Tom Eugelink 5 Re: CIO.com http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:16:12 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:16:12 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:16:12 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Michael Neale 0 CIO.com http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:04:19 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:04:19 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:04:19 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Matt Giacomini 1 Re: Scala: for frameworks? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Hi Erik,

I don't know much about Scala -- I should learn it!

Anyway, you suggest that Scala's features are more appropriate for framework and library writers. I was wondering, can a developer create a framework or library in...]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:43 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:43 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:43 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Erik Engbrecht 0 Scala: for frameworks? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:13:18 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:13:18 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:13:18 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 John Hurst 1 Re: CIO.com article on Perl's strong and weak points; what about Java's? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 lack of [...] Obfuscation in any way Well, as a longterm Perl user, I can assure that Perl has obfuscation built-in into the language. By design :). regards Artur]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:53:31 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:53:31 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:53:31 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Artur Karazniewicz 0 Re: CIO.com article on Perl's strong and weak points; what about Java's? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:12:40 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:12:40 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:12:40 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Erik Engbrecht 4 Java problems and advantages http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48254 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:53:50 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:53:50 -0500 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:53:50 -0500 Jan 28, 2008 Nils Myklebust 6