Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Jun 2006 22:53 UTC
Sun Microsystems on Wednesday released the second beta of Java 6, the company's next-generation development language targeted at so-called Web 2.0 programmers. Perhaps most enticing for those new to Java, the update adds a framework for supporting popular scripting languages such as PHP.
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2005-06-29
"You can take ANY languages and make slow application. Slowness and slugishness isn't a Java exclusivity... "
Poor programmers using C and C++ can write faster graphical applications with GTK, Qt or wxWidgets than good programmers can with Java and Swing. Well written Java applications can reduce the drag enough to make up for the remaining lack of speed by being high quality applications. But the fact remains that Swing is so slow that it won't run on the majority of computers in use today with acceptable speed. For example, I'm contemplating writing a new gradebook program for my Physics teacher, he's using a very old Mac for one gradebook program which has a feature that isn't available in any Windows software. I thought I'd reproduce the application for Windows, or preferably rewrite it so it's portable. Java would be ideal for the task, but it's just too slow for every computer in the school right now, and that's not uncommon in schools and businesses. Because of this I'm porting my applications from Java to C++ and Qt and I'm investigating wxWidgets as a possibility.
Don't get me wrong, I would really like to be able to keep using Java. But speed as well as OS integration are too inconvenient at the moment.