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  • J Jim Crafton

    Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

    it just makes my life harder rather than easier.

    That's how I feel about most of the *nix skllz I have :) Can you say make, grep/sed, and DNS configuration?

    ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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    Nemanja Trifunovic
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    Jim Crafton wrote:

    Can you say make, grep/sed, and DNS configuration

    You'll notice I didn't mention make among the hard to learn but rewarding technologies :) grep, on the other hand is pretty easy and useful. Why don't you like it? Or is it only in combination with sed?

    utf8-cpp

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      Jim Crafton wrote:

      Can you say make, grep/sed, and DNS configuration

      You'll notice I didn't mention make among the hard to learn but rewarding technologies :) grep, on the other hand is pretty easy and useful. Why don't you like it? Or is it only in combination with sed?

      utf8-cpp

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      actually, grep isn't too bad. It's sed that I find annoying. I don't use it enough to remember all the pattern matching syntax, and the syntax for replacing things. And then once I do get it to work, it's a virtually unreadable morass of "/" and "\" characters. It powerful, but it feels like using a gatling gun to do weeding.

      ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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      • J Jeremy Falcon

        harold aptroot wrote:

        Much like Java has

        Java hasn't died at all in the enterprise market. Not that I'm a huge Java fan, but it's not dead.

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        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

        Java hasn't died at all in the enterprise market.

        Which is an other way of saying that it's dead. COBOL hasn't died - in the economic sector. Remember almost every site used to have a Java applet even if it was just to make a funky menu that took an hour to load?

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          Jeremy Falcon wrote:

          Java hasn't died at all in the enterprise market.

          Which is an other way of saying that it's dead. COBOL hasn't died - in the economic sector. Remember almost every site used to have a Java applet even if it was just to make a funky menu that took an hour to load?

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          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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          harold aptroot wrote:

          Remember almost every site used to have a Java apple

          No I don't. The Applet did not take off that well.

          harold aptroot wrote:

          Which is an other way of saying that it's dead. COBOL hasn't died - in the economic sector.

          No one does any new development in COBOL. There are lot of places where new Java development goes on: Web applications, Clouds, Enterprise Client/Server software and last but not least J2ME phones. Just because you are out of touch with the Java world does not mean it is dead.

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            Thoughts on Flash[^] by Steve Jobs Love him or hate him but IMHO he's got this one right. Thoughts?

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            Stuart Dootson
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            Having just had an episode where my cursor kept disappearing and reappearing while using Aperture (yeah, on a Mac) because I had a Flickr slideshow (implemented in….oh yeah, Flash) open in a minimized Safari window, I totally concur with Jobso's opinion of Flash...

            Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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            • T thrakazog

              Not jumping into bed with flash is one thing. But is apple still preventing other browsers like SkyFire from running on their sacred products? Skyfire can run tons of flash apps on my winmo phone.

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              Stuart Dootson
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              Nope - you can get Opera Mini for the iPhone.

              Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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              • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                harold aptroot wrote:

                Remember almost every site used to have a Java apple

                No I don't. The Applet did not take off that well.

                harold aptroot wrote:

                Which is an other way of saying that it's dead. COBOL hasn't died - in the economic sector.

                No one does any new development in COBOL. There are lot of places where new Java development goes on: Web applications, Clouds, Enterprise Client/Server software and last but not least J2ME phones. Just because you are out of touch with the Java world does not mean it is dead.

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                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                Just because you are out of touch with the Java world does not mean it is dead.

                Actually it does - if there is so little Java that I do not even encounter it without trying to avoid it, that means it has become a niche thing. And therefore dead. Like COBOL.

                Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                No I don't. The Applet did not take off that well.

                Perhaps you didn't frequent the same parts of the 'net that I did.. Besides the whole discussion is only about applets anyway. I wouldn't see some crappy phone app as a competitor to Flash.

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                  Thoughts on Flash[^] by Steve Jobs Love him or hate him but IMHO he's got this one right. Thoughts?

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                  Flash is the number 1 reason for Macs to crash? I thought Macs didn't crash, wasn't that the marketing spinning against PCs? Yeah, open platforms. :laugh: Open is fine as long Steve controls the door, the key, the material each are made of, what color they can be... I thought a free market economy meant that if a product was not successful the company would adjust or fail. Hey, Steve remember when Bill had to bail you out?


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                    Thoughts on Flash[^] by Steve Jobs Love him or hate him but IMHO he's got this one right. Thoughts?

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                    RedDk
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                    You mean "Steve Jobs Thoughts on Flash?" Flash is great. From the perspective of a tweener, creating content is not only just fun but has the potential to waste a lot of time (which means that ACTUALLY IS fun). As far as being right though, standardizing fun might be a bigger waste of time. And not actually fun at all.

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                      Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                      Java hasn't died at all in the enterprise market.

                      Which is an other way of saying that it's dead. COBOL hasn't died - in the economic sector. Remember almost every site used to have a Java applet even if it was just to make a funky menu that took an hour to load?

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                      Jeremy Falcon
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                      harold aptroot wrote:

                      Which is an other way of saying that it's dead.

                      Not according to the facts: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html[^]

                      harold aptroot wrote:

                      Remember almost every site used to have a Java applet even if it was just to make a funky menu that took an hour to load?

                      That's a different market.

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                      • J Jeremy Falcon

                        harold aptroot wrote:

                        Which is an other way of saying that it's dead.

                        Not according to the facts: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html[^]

                        harold aptroot wrote:

                        Remember almost every site used to have a Java applet even if it was just to make a funky menu that took an hour to load?

                        That's a different market.

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                        The TIOBE index is not actually an indication of how much the language is used.

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                          Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                          Just because you are out of touch with the Java world does not mean it is dead.

                          Actually it does - if there is so little Java that I do not even encounter it without trying to avoid it, that means it has become a niche thing. And therefore dead. Like COBOL.

                          Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                          No I don't. The Applet did not take off that well.

                          Perhaps you didn't frequent the same parts of the 'net that I did.. Besides the whole discussion is only about applets anyway. I wouldn't see some crappy phone app as a competitor to Flash.

                          modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:18 PM

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                          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                          Java on the desktop and as web applets is almost dead - no doubts or arguments there. It was dead long time back. But Java server market is huge. I encounter a lot of Java because I develop enterprise applications. J2EE/JSP are still very popular.

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                            The TIOBE index is not actually an indication of how much the language is used.

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                            Jeremy Falcon
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                            Yes it is. It's an indication of how many people are writing about it, which is a direct result of how many people know about it. Which you can derive that the more people that know about it the more popular it is. People tend to use languages they know. And while there is room for flaw in that, I have also personally seen enterprise markets where J2EE is used quite a lot. Maybe searching job wanted ads will help you believe it's not dead. Scroll down to craigslist if you don't bother to read the whole site. Or look at the Google Code part and see just how many people are using it. http://langpop.com/[^] And, I still provided data to back up my claim. Where is yours to say that Java is dead?

                            Jeremy Falcon

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                              Java on the desktop and as web applets is almost dead - no doubts or arguments there. It was dead long time back. But Java server market is huge. I encounter a lot of Java because I develop enterprise applications. J2EE/JSP are still very popular.

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                              I'll take your word for it

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                              • J Jeremy Falcon

                                Yes it is. It's an indication of how many people are writing about it, which is a direct result of how many people know about it. Which you can derive that the more people that know about it the more popular it is. People tend to use languages they know. And while there is room for flaw in that, I have also personally seen enterprise markets where J2EE is used quite a lot. Maybe searching job wanted ads will help you believe it's not dead. Scroll down to craigslist if you don't bother to read the whole site. Or look at the Google Code part and see just how many people are using it. http://langpop.com/[^] And, I still provided data to back up my claim. Where is yours to say that Java is dead?

                                Jeremy Falcon

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                                Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                Where is yours to say that Java is dead?

                                1. View a random site. Does it have a Java applet? Probably not. 2) Download a random program. Is it a Java program? Probably not. So where is Java used then eh? Some niche markets? Java is also taught at lots of colleges, I'm sure that contributes to the perceived "popularity" even though it is nowhere to be seen in real life.
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                                  Yes it is. It's an indication of how many people are writing about it, which is a direct result of how many people know about it. Which you can derive that the more people that know about it the more popular it is. People tend to use languages they know. And while there is room for flaw in that, I have also personally seen enterprise markets where J2EE is used quite a lot. Maybe searching job wanted ads will help you believe it's not dead. Scroll down to craigslist if you don't bother to read the whole site. Or look at the Google Code part and see just how many people are using it. http://langpop.com/[^] And, I still provided data to back up my claim. Where is yours to say that Java is dead?

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                                  Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                  Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                  http://langpop.com/\[^\]

                                  Darn! PHP is more popular than C#. That can't be right. ;P

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                                    Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                    Just because you are out of touch with the Java world does not mean it is dead.

                                    Actually it does - if there is so little Java that I do not even encounter it without trying to avoid it, that means it has become a niche thing. And therefore dead. Like COBOL.

                                    Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                    No I don't. The Applet did not take off that well.

                                    Perhaps you didn't frequent the same parts of the 'net that I did.. Besides the whole discussion is only about applets anyway. I wouldn't see some crappy phone app as a competitor to Flash.

                                    modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:18 PM

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                                    Jeremy Falcon
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                                    harold aptroot wrote:

                                    Actually it does - if there is so little Java that I do not even encounter it without trying to avoid it

                                    C is still popular and I do not encounter it at all in my current line of work. That just means you're in the wrong market.

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                                    • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                      Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                      http://langpop.com/\[^\]

                                      Darn! PHP is more popular than C#. That can't be right. ;P

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                                      Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

                                      Darn! PHP is more popular than C#. That can't be right.

                                      :laugh: You know I thought that, but I didn't say it.

                                      Jeremy Falcon

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                                        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                                        Where is yours to say that Java is dead?

                                        1. View a random site. Does it have a Java applet? Probably not. 2) Download a random program. Is it a Java program? Probably not. So where is Java used then eh? Some niche markets? Java is also taught at lots of colleges, I'm sure that contributes to the perceived "popularity" even though it is nowhere to be seen in real life.
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                                        Jeremy Falcon
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                                        harold aptroot wrote:

                                        1. View a random site. Does it have a Java applet? Probably not. 2) Download a random program. Is it a Java program? Probably not.

                                        How many times do we have to repeat "that's a different market" before you get it?

                                        Jeremy Falcon

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                                        • J Jeremy Falcon

                                          harold aptroot wrote:

                                          1. View a random site. Does it have a Java applet? Probably not. 2) Download a random program. Is it a Java program? Probably not.

                                          How many times do we have to repeat "that's a different market" before you get it?

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                                          Just once more? No I get it, really, but I don't get why you don't think that that just means that it's dead. If something is only used on servers .. ? How many servers are there, compared to desktops?

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