Is that why Java is the most popular language on the planet?
Having said that, java puts off a lot of people.
Note: I did NOT say everyone off nor did i declare how popular it is. Java is a language that puts a lot of people off, it's a fact. People have their reasons. They like C++, python, perl, ruby, c, asm.. You name it, but there is a significant size of people who do not like java. Period. It doesn't stop there being a very large group of people who like java.

Also, declaring how popular a language is, w/o some sorta statistics or backup, since that's what you are claiming, isn't very convincing. I can retort easily, "ASM is most used." But we'd get into a "yes it is." "no it's not".

I sense that you have no intention in being funny, but such "terse things" is exactly what turns off many people to Perl. You need to do your homework.
You cannot do terse things like complex sorting in say, 3 lines.
No one said that perl isn't hated by some people. It has it's bad points to. But you know what, the nature of perl and the community is different from java and the community. Java is intended to be more buisness oriented, clearerer, with security and a bunch of other things. Perl, is more intended to be straight forward with little overhead for writing and expression.

Please, don't read more into my posts than what I've literally said. If I wanted to say all, or 40%, or some specific number, I would have.


Play that funky music white boy..

In reply to Re: Re: Re: OT: JavaJunkies (Javamonks sorta) by exussum0
in thread OT: JavaJunkies (Javamonks sorta) by coreolyn

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