Re: (That Obj-C/Java Req -- Re: Jobs) - Java GUIs
Re: (That Obj-C/Java Req -- Re: Jobs) - Java GUIs
- Subject: Re: (That Obj-C/Java Req -- Re: Jobs) - Java GUIs
- From: David Remahl <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 23:33:56 +0100
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I thought I'd put my 2 cents on the "java language sucks compared to
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Objective-C" argument. This has a lot to do with what you are used to.
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If you are used to perl, you would probably say Objective-C sucks
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because of all the things it lacks that perl has. The fact is, every
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language has benefits and tradeoffs. For example, Categories pose a
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security problem as far as java is concerned since you can fool the
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framework with your own code. What you get with java is a strong
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security framework, a giant framework included with the jdk, servlets,
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EJBs, cross platform support, etc. What you get with Objective-C is
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access to C code, interface builder, truly dynamic language
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(Categories, performSelector, etc.), fast native gui, etc. They
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obviously have different strong points and different weaknesses, and
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you can't really say one is superior to the other.
While in general I agree with you, I have one objection...If an attacker
manages (or gets a chance) to get code linked into a system, wouldn't that
system already be pretty insecured (or 0wned), wether Categories are present
in the runtime, or not?
/ rgds, David Remahl
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