Re: Does anybody program in Java?!?!
Re: Does anybody program in Java?!?!
- Subject: Re: Does anybody program in Java?!?!
- From: James Bucanek <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:01:22 -0700
Stephen Vogelpohl wrote on Monday, October 11, 2004:
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I've noticed that hardly anyone answers java questions.
Probably because most Java questions are posted to the Java-Dev list. :)
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Does that mean hardly anybody programs in java and chooses objective C instead?
Each has their strengths and weaknesses. I'm currently in the process of writing a large program that I started in Java, but I quickly switched to Obj-C when it because obvious that it was a better fit.
It was a better fit because it relies a lot on low-level Cocoa and Carbon frameworks. To accomplish this in Java requires some glue to bridge between the Java and C worlds. While this is fine for adding the odd Mac-specific feature to a Swing application, it became obvious that to write my program in Java, half the code would be glue. (At the last WWDC I attended, even the Java engineers at Apple talked me out of writing Cocoa-Java application!)
Consequently, I suspect that most people doing "serious" Cocoa development will migrate towards Obj-C, and thus the bulk of traffic on this (Cocoa) list will naturally be about Obj-C.
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