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> The predictions of Java's death seem to be based on a Java 1.3-1.4-style Java What do you mean by Java 1.3-1.4-style Java? Do you mean the specific language
by chris_j 16y ago
> The predictions of Java's death seem to be based on a Java 1.3-1.4-style Java
What do you mean by Java 1.3-1.4-style Java? Do you mean the specific language features used (for example, is everything different now you can use generics and annotations?) or the style of coding?
Me, I've been using Java for the past 12 years or so and it, though the language has changed, it still doesn't feel that different.
- mgkimsal 16y agoI should have said 'era'. Most people I knew that were using Java as a day job were stuck on 1.3/1.4 forever, even after 1.5 was released, so could never avail themselves of anything remotely new or interesting in the language. Even something as basic as the new for() looping in 1.5 was something they couldn't or wouldn't adapt to, and most of them left Java for something else.
- chris_j 16y agoThanks, that makes sense and sounds similar to my experiences: Java 1.5 (I meant Java 5 :-) had been around for an awfully long time before I was able to use it at work. Of course, when we actually were able to move to Java 5, it felt like a bit of an anticlimax. The new for loop and generics and autoboxing and the like are all cool and probably make Java a bit more fun to play around with but hey, I'd been playing with Python and Haskell in my spare time by this point and they're a lot more different and more pleasant to work with. I guess I'm an example of your rule because I only use Java where I have to at work now and I can't think of a personal project that I would use Java for.