Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Mar 2007 22:27 UTC
"Although the .NET vs. Java war is basically over for control of the Windows desktop, where .NET is sure to become the managed language of choice for new Windows desktop applications, there is a new battle brewing. That battle is for the Linux desktop. Now that Java has been open sourced under the GPL, even the most strict of the 'free software only' distributions can start bundling it and integrating it into their Linux distributions out of the box."
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RE[27]: Only Two Choices?
by Mystilleef on Mon 12th Mar 2007 05:43
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Member since:2005-06-29
The main issue for me is reading Java or C++ source code and spending a significant amount of cerebral energy decoding type information. And for no good reason too. If any information can be done without, and type information can be, it should be removed from the source code.
RE[28]: Only Two Choices?
by msundman on Mon 12th Mar 2007 05:53
in reply to "RE[27]: Only Two Choices?"
Member since:2005-07-06
> The main issue for me is reading Java or C++ source code and
> spending a significant amount of cerebral energy decoding
> type information.
Exactly when do you need to "decode" type information when reading java code?
> type information can be [done without]
Why then do you "decode" it instead of ignoring it? If you find it hard to ignore it when it's there "in your face" then why not just adjust the syntax highlighting to make it very faint?
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So is the main issue, for you, the types written explicitly into the source code?