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Not the parent but: Java has a long tradition of reimplementing things in Java rather than relying on system libraries. Everything from OpenSSL to tzinfo to lib
by duskwuff 5y ago
Not the parent but: Java has a long tradition of reimplementing things in Java rather than relying on system libraries. Everything from OpenSSL to tzinfo to libpng has its own Java implementation, entirely separate from anything else on the system.
- jt2190 5y ago> Java has a long tradition of reimplementing things in Java rather than relying on system libraries. Er, that’s kind of the point of the Java Virtual Machine… It keeps you from tying your application to a particular system architecture. I’ve noticed that JVM administration tends to fall into the “no man’s land” between devs and admins: Devs figure that the Admins will take care of it, and Admins are annoyed that they need to use a separate set of tools to admin the Java apps (and are not eager to learn them.)
- bityard 5y agoWeb browsers do the same thing, they vendor everything they can to make the cross-platform experience better. Given that browsers are pretty much full-blown SDKs these days, and with everything being deployed as either a web app or an Electron app, I think it's fair to say that Chrome and Firefox are the new Java.
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