[nylug-talk] Why does "enterprise" imply "Java"?

[Michael Bacarella]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:43:08PM -0400, Felix Shnir wrote:
...
> >Yeah, there's this feeling that the language is more like an
> >opponent than a friend.   To add some fuel to this fire:
> >
> >        * Identical byte[] arrays don't hash to the same value
> >        * Initialized arrays are horrifyingly wasteful:
> >                static final int[] x = {1,2,3,4,...,1000000000};
> >          (try it and look at the generated code)
> >        * No goto?  God damnit
> >        * ``new'' is the only way to allocate memory, period
> >        * Why are there no unsigned integer types?
> >        * for (;;) could be a lot less slow if there was a foreach
> >          (yeah, I know it exists NOW)
> 
> Michael, Java is still just a language... Lower level functions such as the
> ones that you listed could be potentially rewritten by you to serve the
> purpose that you need them to serve.  Alas, it is a pain the ass, but the
> language allows you to do this.

Wrong.  J2ME.