Re: Sort Algorithm Question
Re: Sort Algorithm Question
- Subject: Re: Sort Algorithm Question
- From: Colin Clark <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:16:30 -0500
Hi Bill,
On Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at 04:10 PM, email@hidden wrote:
That largely existed prior to the various java.lang.* stuff or were,
at the time, significantly faster or more flexible than the java.lang
counterpart. Or mapped directly to the already existing functionality
when WebObjects was a bridged environment.
Discounting history, the existence of those "proprietary and
incompatible incarnations" don't make much sense. But discounting
history is to ignore reality, isn't it?
Sure, but to be fair, acknowledging the past still doesn't actually
address the problem that--despite WebObjects having been ported to Java
five years ago now--it still hasn't hasn't been brought in line with
many the basics tools of standard Java development such as the Java
Collections API. That's PA's point. It's confusing and complicated for
developers who are working in Java to have to deal with the completely
parallel nature of the WebObjects foundation kit.
So, yes, let's acknowledge that at one time in the past there were
great advantages to the Foundation Kit, and it certainly was a
necessary stop-gap while porting WO from Objective-C to Java. But the
product still needs to move forward in terms of how well it integrates
with the rest of the Java world. I'd hate to think that the WO team was
too concerned with history to ignore the present reality.
Anyway, I do mean this with respect because I appreciate your
contributions over the years to the WO community, but I think it's
important to point out the underlying problem suggested by this thread.
Best,
Colin
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Colin Clark
Dynamic Web and Database Development Lead,
Resource Centre for Academic Technology,
University of Toronto
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