From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized
Date: 1999/12/15
Date: 1999-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838mhs$cii$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3856EA29.7B4C0A95@quadruscorp.com
In article <3856EA29.7B4C0A95@quadruscorp.com>,
"Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> wrote:
> The "language war" I refer to is the one that seems to get started up
> here occasionally concerning defining terminology. Personally, I may
> prefer not to spend too much time trying to get a consensus going on
> what constitutes a "Standard" because I think I'll know one when I see
> one. When I look at the ARM, I see something with a relatively high
> level of standardization. Micro$oft Visual Basic on the other hand,
> has a relatively low level of standardization. (I can't count on what
> it contains from one moment to the next.)
Right. And the Windows API I'd say is even lower, because you can't
count on it even between releases, and if you are a competitor you *can*
count on it changing to hose you. What I see is Sun positioning
themselves where they *could* also do that if they so choose.
To try and drag this back to my original point, I think lack of open
standardization has just doomed Java. Perhaps it isn't obvious from
external signs right now, but a little knowledge of history will make
it quite clear. (If you don't buy my argument, go read "The Last
Dinosaur and the Tarpits of Doom", particularly the "Historical Detour:
The Open Standards Steamroller" and "Microcomputers: The Valley that
Time Forgot" sections, at
http://members.tripod.com/adrianomerlotto/docs/lastdino.html )
Anyway, *given* that Java is doomed, wouldn't it be a good idea to be
positioning Ada as the alternative? The language itself is nearly as
portable, in some cases moreso. The portable API functionality is a bit
lacking, but certianly no moreso than any of the other alternatives.
--
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-09 0:00 The revolution will not be standardized Ted Dennison
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-13 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-12-23 0:00 ` gnat 3.12 Michael Ben-Gershon
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-15 0:00 ` The revolution will not be standardized Ted Dennison
1999-12-14 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
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