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One time only: Java-Javascript smackdown

• chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
  Sorry, can someone explain the point of his argument? It seems misdirected.
• mynameishere 18y ago
  Java is still far too complex, and Java developers far too expensive, for client-side web development. Stark idiocy. Java (read: Applets) failed client-side because the JVM locks up the computer during its 30-second load times, and because Sun micro understands graphics and presentation like dogs understand high tea.
  • bootload 18y ago
    "... Applets failed client-side because the JVM locks up the computer during its 30-second load times ..." Back when applets where the rage, this type of lockup was often worse than 30s, with multiple applets and multiple data (images, sound) requests over HTTP on dial-up lines.
• deleted 18y ago
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• gojomo 18y ago
  The unnamed second correspondent isn't really responsive to Broomfield's view. Broomfield was talking about an idealized Java that never was -- but perhaps "coulda shoulda woulda" existed, if Sun had the right clues. Correspondent #2 criticizes Java as it was (and mostly still is)... which doesn't necessarily clash with Broomfield's estimation that Sun/Java didn't nail the client issues as it should have.