By mswatcher
via redmonk.com
Published: Sep 08 2010 / 10:47
As I have argued before, in IT everything is dead. That is- if its in production, its “dead”. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product. So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? What role can Java play in a world of dynamic languages?
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Nick Brown replied ago:
These strawman arguments get annoying pretty quickly. I haven't heard anyone arguing "Java is dead", except in jest. People argue that it is no longer the best language out there, but no one is disputing that there is still a lot of Java work out there. Look at COBOL (which Java is often compared to these days). It was around long after it was made obsolete due to the exact same reasons Java will be around long after it is obsolete; it is/was the de facto standard language for business software development.
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