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All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:java is a tool - nothing more, nothing less. Would you ask "what advantage does someone get by choosing a band saw over a crescent wrench?" If your goal is to tighten a nut, the answer is "none". if your goal is to cut something, the answer is "a lot".
Java runs almost anywhere, unlike C#.
Monica Shiralkar wrote:Knute Snortum says
Java runs almost anywhere, unlike C#.
I have read this but did not understand what limitation comes with non java technologies/languages like C#. Does it mean that suppose there is a web application using C#. This can be run on certain machines only? I think that is not the case.So what exactly is the limitation.
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable.
Monica Shiralkar wrote:I have read this but did not understand what limitation comes with non java technologies/languages like C#. Does it mean that suppose there is a web application using C#. This can be run on certain machines only? I think that is not the case.So what exactly is the limitation.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
For example, an advantage of Java over Go is the vast number of open source libraries and infrastructure.
Monica Shiralkar wrote:Jeanne Boyarsky says
For example, an advantage of Java over Go is the vast number of open source libraries and infrastructure.
In java we have these libraries which may not be there in other languages. In that case how is the same functionality achieved in such languages when these do not have libraries. Does that mean in these languages developer himself has to write that code instead of calling the library?
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable.
Don't get me started about those stupid light bulbs. |