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  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

    Is a nightmare. I've writing a web application using java/j2ee for two whole months now, and I'll probably be doing it for four more months. This is going to kill me for sure! I've noticed a change in my temper. I've noticed that I don't want to do any programming for fun anymore. I've even stopped drinking coffee. If being in the zone is like being somewhere between the Sun and the Earth, then I'm at a place in space so far away that light hasn't reached it yet. Bill Gosling is a bloody terrorist. His invention, the java programming language and all the crap that comes with it, is an attempt to create a zombie programmer army. This army will then be used to take over the world. If [we, the programmers] don't stand up against this evil force, we'll never enjoy freedom again.

    Resist!

    -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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    Megan Forbes
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    I feel the same way - being forced to use Java for Uni. The light at the end of the tunnel is that my work will be upgrading to .Net next year when I will get to use C# / ASP.Net :-D , but in the meantime all my spare time is going into learning this atrocity. To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 - which doesn't run on a P4 machine unless hacked slightly. Reminds me to be grateful for MS and complain about Billy G's profits less :rolleyes:


    I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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      :-) It's no use, resistance is futile, you will be assimilated onto the only multi-platform technology of the kind out there. I've been at it for over a year now, and I have to say that it's not bad. My biggest gripe: lack of decent tools, especially for debugging. So if you run into something decent, please let me know. I'm waiting patiently for Microsoft to finally port everything onto every platform out there so I can convince my boss to switch to .NET. Regards, Alvaro


      I hope this is an original quote. - Alvaro Mendez

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      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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      Yes, but the thing is, .NET would have sufficed for this particular problem. The web application can be run very well on a Windows based machine. The database, Sybase, Oracle, MSSQL, or whatever it may be, can run on whatever suits the clients clients. This product, a patent/case management system, is quite expensive to buy and maintain. If the client client must pay a little extra for an extra machine running Windows 2k/Windows .NET (whenever it's ready), that fee would be just a drop in the ocean. I like platform independence. I really do! But I don't think Java is the answer. The Java environment is bloated beyond repair, and the language itself makes me want to spew chunks through my nose. Before I started this project, I sort of liked Java. I had toyed with it. Now that I have used it professionally - to solve a real world problem mind you - I've realized the utter suckness of Java. Currently I'm visiting my parents. But when I get home, I will burn my 2 java books and chant some really evil chants. This far! No further! They must pay for what they've done! .NET will most likely be as bloated as Java is, but at least it gives me the option to work with a sane language - C++. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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      • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

        Is a nightmare. I've writing a web application using java/j2ee for two whole months now, and I'll probably be doing it for four more months. This is going to kill me for sure! I've noticed a change in my temper. I've noticed that I don't want to do any programming for fun anymore. I've even stopped drinking coffee. If being in the zone is like being somewhere between the Sun and the Earth, then I'm at a place in space so far away that light hasn't reached it yet. Bill Gosling is a bloody terrorist. His invention, the java programming language and all the crap that comes with it, is an attempt to create a zombie programmer army. This army will then be used to take over the world. If [we, the programmers] don't stand up against this evil force, we'll never enjoy freedom again.

        Resist!

        -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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        Simon Walton
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        I like Java. :-D question

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        • M Megan Forbes

          I feel the same way - being forced to use Java for Uni. The light at the end of the tunnel is that my work will be upgrading to .Net next year when I will get to use C# / ASP.Net :-D , but in the meantime all my spare time is going into learning this atrocity. To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 - which doesn't run on a P4 machine unless hacked slightly. Reminds me to be grateful for MS and complain about Billy G's profits less :rolleyes:


          I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          Megan Forbes wrote: I feel the same way - being forced to use Java for Uni. I'm truly sorry for you. Just keep your head up and don't let the evil men and women distract you from the true path. Megan Forbes wrote: To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 - which doesn't run on a P4 machine unless hacked slightly. Oooh a P4 eh? With Java, it'll feel like a brand spanking new Pentium 133. Without MMX. Turn of JITing and it'll send your computer back to the stone age. An abacus will be of better use! -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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            I like Java. :-D question

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            Hey, some people also like to utilize whips, chains and sharp pointy things during sex. Whatever floats your boat man. ;) -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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              I like Java. :-D question

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              Your'e the one! :-D

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              • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                Is a nightmare. I've writing a web application using java/j2ee for two whole months now, and I'll probably be doing it for four more months. This is going to kill me for sure! I've noticed a change in my temper. I've noticed that I don't want to do any programming for fun anymore. I've even stopped drinking coffee. If being in the zone is like being somewhere between the Sun and the Earth, then I'm at a place in space so far away that light hasn't reached it yet. Bill Gosling is a bloody terrorist. His invention, the java programming language and all the crap that comes with it, is an attempt to create a zombie programmer army. This army will then be used to take over the world. If [we, the programmers] don't stand up against this evil force, we'll never enjoy freedom again.

                Resist!

                -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                Dude, quit whining - you could be stuck with VB... Shog9 ------ Googlism:

                shog is shog is it? shog is just shog is a lawyer shog is moderating shog is controlled by the latest variant shog is ranked 16 and has played for 5h7m in 14 days

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                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                  Hey, some people also like to utilize whips, chains and sharp pointy things during sex. Whatever floats your boat man. ;) -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                  Simon Walton
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                  I didn't say I wanted to have sex with Java! I'd probably take it out for a romantic dinner. Of course, it would take ages to finish the meal. But it would do so with great elegance. question

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                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                    Megan Forbes wrote: I feel the same way - being forced to use Java for Uni. I'm truly sorry for you. Just keep your head up and don't let the evil men and women distract you from the true path. Megan Forbes wrote: To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 - which doesn't run on a P4 machine unless hacked slightly. Oooh a P4 eh? With Java, it'll feel like a brand spanking new Pentium 133. Without MMX. Turn of JITing and it'll send your computer back to the stone age. An abacus will be of better use! -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                    Megan Forbes
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                    Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: it'll feel like a brand spanking new Pentium 133. Without MMX Really sad isn't it? :confused: A couple of years ago it seemed that Java was the way to the future - they seem to have lost their way. Now, except for 1 die-hard, I don't know anyone who enjoys working with it. On the other hand, without the competition, would MS have made such a fantastic job of .Net? Even products we don't like have their uses, even if it's only to spur the good ones on to greater heights. :-D


                    I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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                      Dude, quit whining - you could be stuck with VB... Shog9 ------ Googlism:

                      shog is shog is it? shog is just shog is a lawyer shog is moderating shog is controlled by the latest variant shog is ranked 16 and has played for 5h7m in 14 days

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                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                      True. But then again, which is better: Pest or Cholera? You pick. ;) -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                        Yes, but the thing is, .NET would have sufficed for this particular problem. The web application can be run very well on a Windows based machine. The database, Sybase, Oracle, MSSQL, or whatever it may be, can run on whatever suits the clients clients. This product, a patent/case management system, is quite expensive to buy and maintain. If the client client must pay a little extra for an extra machine running Windows 2k/Windows .NET (whenever it's ready), that fee would be just a drop in the ocean. I like platform independence. I really do! But I don't think Java is the answer. The Java environment is bloated beyond repair, and the language itself makes me want to spew chunks through my nose. Before I started this project, I sort of liked Java. I had toyed with it. Now that I have used it professionally - to solve a real world problem mind you - I've realized the utter suckness of Java. Currently I'm visiting my parents. But when I get home, I will burn my 2 java books and chant some really evil chants. This far! No further! They must pay for what they've done! .NET will most likely be as bloated as Java is, but at least it gives me the option to work with a sane language - C++. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: .NET would have sufficed for this particular problem. I see your frustration. In my case they use the old performance excuse: "it'll be much faster if the database (Oracle running on HP) is on the same box as the application server." That plus the "Java is a stable, proven technology, blah blah crap". Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: The Java environment is bloated beyond repair, and the language itself makes me want to spew chunks through my nose. Before I started this project, I sort of liked Java. I had toyed with it. Now that I have used it professionally - to solve a real world problem mind you - I've realized the utter suckness of Java. Well, I have to say that I've grown fond of Java's simplicity. I like some of its unique features, such as inner classes. Having said that, I HATE Java's class library. Its chuck full of deprecated classes and methods that make it look like it was put together with little thought. Just working with dates, for example, is a real mess. You have the java.util.Date class, the java.sql.Date class, and last but not least, the java.util.Calendar class. I'm pretty much forced to use them all, and they all suck in different ways. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: .NET will most likely be as bloated as Java is, but at least it gives me the option to work with a sane language - C++. Yeah, another good thing about .NET is that Microsoft has had the benefit of learning about the mistakes in the Java class library. Still, I say they should have put generics in there from the start... Regards, Alvaro


                        I hope this is an original quote. - Alvaro Mendez

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                          I feel the same way - being forced to use Java for Uni. The light at the end of the tunnel is that my work will be upgrading to .Net next year when I will get to use C# / ASP.Net :-D , but in the meantime all my spare time is going into learning this atrocity. To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 - which doesn't run on a P4 machine unless hacked slightly. Reminds me to be grateful for MS and complain about Billy G's profits less :rolleyes:


                          I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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                          Megan Forbes wrote: To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 Borland would gladly supply you with JBuilder 7 as a download[^] or on a CD for 10USD[^] You'll need a beefy computer, though (take a look at the system requirements). And it won't make Java suck any less... -- Russell Morris "Have you gone mad Frink? Put down that science pole!"

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                            Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: .NET would have sufficed for this particular problem. I see your frustration. In my case they use the old performance excuse: "it'll be much faster if the database (Oracle running on HP) is on the same box as the application server." That plus the "Java is a stable, proven technology, blah blah crap". Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: The Java environment is bloated beyond repair, and the language itself makes me want to spew chunks through my nose. Before I started this project, I sort of liked Java. I had toyed with it. Now that I have used it professionally - to solve a real world problem mind you - I've realized the utter suckness of Java. Well, I have to say that I've grown fond of Java's simplicity. I like some of its unique features, such as inner classes. Having said that, I HATE Java's class library. Its chuck full of deprecated classes and methods that make it look like it was put together with little thought. Just working with dates, for example, is a real mess. You have the java.util.Date class, the java.sql.Date class, and last but not least, the java.util.Calendar class. I'm pretty much forced to use them all, and they all suck in different ways. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: .NET will most likely be as bloated as Java is, but at least it gives me the option to work with a sane language - C++. Yeah, another good thing about .NET is that Microsoft has had the benefit of learning about the mistakes in the Java class library. Still, I say they should have put generics in there from the start... Regards, Alvaro


                            I hope this is an original quote. - Alvaro Mendez

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                            Alvaro Mendez wrote: Well, I have to say that I've grown fond of Java's simplicity. I like some of its unique features, such as inner classes. Well, I agree with you there. The language per se isn't all that bad. I'm just frustrated with the slowliness (VM) and Alvaro Mendez wrote: Having said that, I HATE Java's class library. that point. Alvaro Mendez wrote: You have the java.util.Date class, the java.sql.Date class, and last but not least, the java.util.Calendar class. No shit! That's just garbage! They've had 4 major releases. Screw the deprecated stuff! Kick it out! Programmers are relatively smart to change code. And who upgrades a language in the middle of a project anyway? Alvaro Mendez wrote: Still, I say they should have put generics in there from the start... Amen brother! -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                              Megan Forbes wrote: To make things worse, the Uni supplied me with JBuilder 4 Borland would gladly supply you with JBuilder 7 as a download[^] or on a CD for 10USD[^] You'll need a beefy computer, though (take a look at the system requirements). And it won't make Java suck any less... -- Russell Morris "Have you gone mad Frink? Put down that science pole!"

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                              The beefy pc is no problem, I just got a new laptop :-D , a total beast, higher specs than some servers. However, they are adament that we should not use a higher version as the course tutor will be using 4 and needs to run and test our code. Russell Morris wrote: And it won't make Java suck any less Luckily I only have to do it till next April, then I can move onto the next subject. I think I will just get on with it, get it over with, and not cause any waves. My course results are too important to me to start making enemies of the people who will be marking my work.


                              I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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                                I like Java. :-D question

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                                to follow the trend You like Sheep.


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                                  Is a nightmare. I've writing a web application using java/j2ee for two whole months now, and I'll probably be doing it for four more months. This is going to kill me for sure! I've noticed a change in my temper. I've noticed that I don't want to do any programming for fun anymore. I've even stopped drinking coffee. If being in the zone is like being somewhere between the Sun and the Earth, then I'm at a place in space so far away that light hasn't reached it yet. Bill Gosling is a bloody terrorist. His invention, the java programming language and all the crap that comes with it, is an attempt to create a zombie programmer army. This army will then be used to take over the world. If [we, the programmers] don't stand up against this evil force, we'll never enjoy freedom again.

                                  Resist!

                                  -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                                  I'm so sending this link on to my Programming Paradigms lecturer... No more Java in colelge for me.. Wohaaaa!!! Thanks Jörgen :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-D

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                                    I'm so sending this link on to my Programming Paradigms lecturer... No more Java in colelge for me.. Wohaaaa!!! Thanks Jörgen :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-D

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                                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                    Spread the word brother, spread the word! Java is a dumbifying language and I doubt it's any good for new programmers. It's not multi-paradigm at all. It forces you OO down the throat. That's why I like C++ so much. I have the freedom to solve the problems encountered using a wide variety of techniques. Sure, C++ presents you a tougher world - touch that bad pointer and you're out. But that's a price I'm willing to pay for productivity. Hell, I'd rather use Pascal instead of Java. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                                      to follow the trend You like Sheep.


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                                      David Wulff wrote: You like Sheep. You're just jealous you can't get one. I have been here a year and this is probably the best signature I've ever had.

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                                        :-) It's no use, resistance is futile, you will be assimilated onto the only multi-platform technology of the kind out there. I've been at it for over a year now, and I have to say that it's not bad. My biggest gripe: lack of decent tools, especially for debugging. So if you run into something decent, please let me know. I'm waiting patiently for Microsoft to finally port everything onto every platform out there so I can convince my boss to switch to .NET. Regards, Alvaro


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                                        I've been using it off and on for a few years, but only last year did I start to find it bearable. Usually becuase all the IDE's are bollocks - excelpt for this little beauty - http://www.jcreator.com/[^] Now I've not used J2EE, so don't know how happy this is with it, but it does what I think a Java IDE should do - help the programmer. Forte makes no sense - like standing on one leg with a rubber glove on your head saying 'I'm a wibble', along with JBuilder which is just as slow as Forte. As for Visual Age, I would rather take the bullet. But then I don't know any real Java devs, so what do they use to get the job done? Would be interested.

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                                          Spread the word brother, spread the word! Java is a dumbifying language and I doubt it's any good for new programmers. It's not multi-paradigm at all. It forces you OO down the throat. That's why I like C++ so much. I have the freedom to solve the problems encountered using a wide variety of techniques. Sure, C++ presents you a tougher world - touch that bad pointer and you're out. But that's a price I'm willing to pay for productivity. Hell, I'd rather use Pascal instead of Java. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.

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                                          Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Spread the word brother, spread the word! Oh I will. I will :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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