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I always felt Java's strength was the runtime. Java can run on so many platforms. Compare that to how many CLR implementations there are. This is one of .NET

by WDCDev 11y ago

I always felt Java's strength was the runtime. Java can run on so many platforms. Compare that to how many CLR implementations there are. This is one of .NET's biggest failings, though this is being rectified by MS when the open sourced the runtime.

bontoJR 11y ago
You're right and being 20 and more years old, it has so many optimizations that are making the JVM damn fast. Scala takes advantage on many of these optimizations and results are impressive. I think Java as language is failing in the implementation of new concepts, being quite late compared to other languages not running on the JVM. If C# will improve the general performance and stability of CLR, already having the best IDE ever made, they can easily compete and even win against the Java-World. P.S. I worked with Java (now only Scala) and C#, so I have experience with both languages/envs.
frik 11y ago
MS open sourced only a certain parts of dotNet. Important legacy parts like WinForms are closed source.
- pistle 11y ago
  As they should be. These aren't the UI abstractions you are looking for...
- will_hughes 11y ago
  It's arguable whether Winforms, WPF, and other parts that are very heavily Windows dependant bits of the .NET Framework are that important for open source development. Even if they did open those, they're of very little use outside Windows platforms without a huge amount of work to remove how tightly they bind to the windows APIs. There's much better alternatives if you want to do UI cross platform (or just 'not windows').