On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:27:43AM +0100, tom potts wrote:
C# looks interesting but is designed by Microsoft to Lock you in
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Java is meant to be multi-platform and if there is a design flaw Sun have the temerity to go back and rip up all the previous work and start again.
FWIW, I am very much of the opinion that Java is going to die as a web language *really soon*. MS announced ages ago that they were dropping Java support (after their "problems" with Sun). The result of this is that Joe Bloggs Windows User will have to go out of their way to get a Java plugin for their web browser, which they just won't bother with.
Shame really, Java's a nice language, I'm just not sure I like the libraries. It seems to be getting a new lease of life in the embedded world at the moment.