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The only way to explore the subjective is through debate. The objective things are neither actually objective, or the most critical aspects of technology choice
by rileyphone 4y ago
The only way to explore the subjective is through debate. The objective things are neither actually objective, or the most critical aspects of technology choices. Java was marketed as a silver bullet for portability, which appeared an objective fact to encourage adoption at the time; ultimately, this proved to be a red herring, as many other such promises do. If instead the culture had focused on the more subjective aspects of language choice, I think we would be a lot better off.
- chrsig 4y agoDebate has its place, that doesn't mean everything needs to be debated at all points in time, or that people shouldn't just accept that they disagree on something and move on. > If instead the culture had focused on the more subjective aspects of language choice, I think we would be a lot better off. Maybe? Who's to say what would have happened in some alternate timeline. There's no way to get an actual answer, so there's not much value beyond entertainment in discussion. Perhaps the exercise might provoke thought.
- delian66 4y agoWhy did it prove to be a red herring? I could write a CLI or GUI Java program, that would run on any OS, for which there is a JVM, and that was easier than doing it in C, C++, Delphi or Perl, which were popular at the time. As far as I know, at the time only TCL/TK offered something remotely comparable in portability for GUI apps.