There have been lots of reasons bandied about lately about why Java is good
or bad or indifferent. I'm afraid I've been too busy to follow the
discussions closely, but that rarely stops me from chiming in. Others find my
ignorance entertaining; perhaps you will, too.
Blair's Reasons for Being a Java Bigot
1. Java helps us sell our boxes
Allow me to expand, briefly, on each of these points...
Okay, so it's not much of a list. At least I can remember the whole thing!
(And if not, it fits easily on a single 3x5 notecard.)
Well, I guess if we're going to get any value out of this little exercise,
we'll have to tease it out of this Lone Reason. ("Scalp 'em, Tantric!") No,
wait! Maybe there's a pattern here? Instead of aspiring to create a "List of
a Thousand Reasons," we cou... (more)
If you're familiar with the Java Native Interface (JNI), as this article
presumes, you know that it's tailored primarily for C and C++ programmers.
Compile-time support for JNI in these languages comes straight from the Sun
specification, and is frankly a work of art.
The architects of the JNI had a terrifying three-part task: to tame the hydra
of platform-specific issues inherent in so-c... (more)
In the small South Dakota town that is my home to my alma mater, there was a
section of sidewalk bordering the college campus that had clearly been laid
down long before I was born. As I walked to class one fine autumn day, I
happened to look down and noticed that one of the squares of this sidewalk
had been lovingly crafted to serve as a frame for what appeared to be some
meticulously e... (more)
Our world has been changed. We have been changed. Emblazoned in our
collective consciousness are indelible, fresh images of unspeakable carnage.
We will carry these images with us - shaped in psychic scar tissue - for the
rest of our lives.
For some of us, September 11 will mark the date we lost an acquaintance, a
colleague, or a loved one. For many of us, especially our children, it will... (more)
Sometimes I think the world is getting fundamentally goofier, at an
ever-increasing pace. On the other hand, I've only been here a brief while
(in geologic terms, at least), and can't help believing that the world has
always been pretty doggone goofy.
Sputnik and I happened to arrive the same year, 1957, though Sputnik made a
much bigger splash in the press. Here is a testament to the magn... (more)
Blair Wyman is a software engineer working for IBM in Rochester, Minnesota, home of the IBM iSeries.
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