Comments on: Java only gets 10mpg http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/ I will not explain what this weblog is all about in a few words. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-582 cp Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:47:36 +0000 http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-582 <p>You know, I never have gotten around to really learning Javascript. I should one of these days.</p> You know, I never have gotten around to really learning Javascript. I should one of these days.

]]> By: Christopher Smith http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-580 Christopher Smith Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:30:38 +0000 http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-580 <p>Rhino == Javascript running on the JVM (with nice Java integration).</p> Rhino == Javascript running on the JVM (with nice Java integration).

]]> By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-572 cp Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:40:47 +0000 http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-572 <p>Rhino I hadn't heard of. Groovy suffers from the "if I want to use Ruby, I'll use Ruby" problem.</p> <p>I think what it really boils down to is that I don't feel compelled to use the Java platform at all when I already have a perfectly good platform in Unix and the C runtime.</p> Rhino I hadn’t heard of. Groovy suffers from the “if I want to use Ruby, I’ll use Ruby” problem.

I think what it really boils down to is that I don’t feel compelled to use the Java platform at all when I already have a perfectly good platform in Unix and the C runtime.

]]> By: Christopher Smith http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-571 Christopher Smith Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:34:51 +0000 http://www.obfuscated.org/2007/03/26/438/#comment-571 <p>Yup, that is a very old quote. ;-)</p> <p>So, the new kids are playing around with Groovy or Rhino to get their jobs done quickly with Java. What's your excuse? ;-)</p> <p>Really though, it is all kind of funny, as I remember the early days of Java when everyone thought it was great because they could get their work done in a fraction of the time it took to do it in C or C .... ;-)</p> Yup, that is a very old quote. ;-)

So, the new kids are playing around with Groovy or Rhino to get their jobs done quickly with Java. What’s your excuse? ;-)

Really though, it is all kind of funny, as I remember the early days of Java when everyone thought it was great because they could get their work done in a fraction of the time it took to do it in C or C …. ;-)

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