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:Java is Becoming the New Cobol
Java is Becoming the New Cobol
Jan 2, 2008, 19 :00 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (10377 reads)

(Other stories by Bill Snyder)

"Java, the oldest new programming language around, is falling out of favor with developers. When it comes to developing the increasingly common rich Internet applications, Java is losing ground to Ruby on Rails, PHP, AJAX and other cool new languages. And there are even reports that Microsoft’s .Net, of all things, is pushing Java out of the enterprise. Makes you wonder whether Sun was smart to change its stock-ticker code to JAVA last summer.

"Simply put, developers are saying that Java slows them down..."

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Look on the job boards. Java has more jo ...   Has this person ever bothered to do a job search&#   
paul
Jan 2, 2008, 19:35:37
 
it's too late to save your shoes if  ...   Roll up your pants, ....   
GreyGeek
Jan 2, 2008, 22:04:55
 
>From my POV the main purpose of this ar ...   Re: Roll up your pants, ....   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 2, 2008, 22:30:59
 
Problem: J2ME risks getting "forked" by  ...   Problem becomes opportunity   
Yim
Jan 2, 2008, 22:50:11
 
Seems Java has it's fair share, and  ...   Java & Jobs   
GH
Jan 2, 2008, 23:10:29
 
From what I've seen, and I've be ...   Java vs .Net   
Gary Stewart
Jan 2, 2008, 23:13:25
 
It's true. putting together an Enter ...   Java DOES "slow you down"   
Timh
Jan 3, 2008, 01:59:40
 
>It's true. putting together an Ente ...   Re: Java DOES   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 3, 2008, 02:42:10
 
I agree with most of what was said. I wo ...   Re: Roll up your pants, ....   
Phil
Jan 3, 2008, 02:59:50
 
they say "size doesn't matter" (that ...   will all due respect...   
daniel
Jan 3, 2008, 03:34:16
 
> The problem is that Java was supposed  ...   Re: Re: Java DOES   
James E. LaBarre
Jan 3, 2008, 03:58:43
 
 they say "size doesn't matter" (tha ...   Re: will all due respect...   
paul
Jan 3, 2008, 07:42:57
 
>I'd agree with the assessment that  ...   Re: Re: Re: Java DOES   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 3, 2008, 11:18:35
 
Does anyone know a better solution?Here& ...   Any better solution?   
James Greenberg
Jan 3, 2008, 12:44:42
 
> Does anyone know a better solution?> H ...   Re: Any better solution?   
GH
Jan 3, 2008, 14:34:39
 
Well, if you're going to put it that ...   Re: Any better solution?   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Jan 3, 2008, 14:40:46
 
> I'm not at all convinced that the  ...   Re: Re: Java DOES   
Tony OBryan
Jan 3, 2008, 15:12:34
 
Many who start with .NET soon migrate to ...   Its the other way around   
vm
Jan 3, 2008, 15:35:11
 
In reply to James Greenberg:You might tr ...   Python: No need to trade-off   
Josh
Jan 3, 2008, 15:40:36
 
Thanks, I will consider benchmarking it  ...   thanks for the tip   
James Greenberg
Jan 3, 2008, 20:31:08
 
Quoted from Tony OBryan: "Java's mai ...   faster hardware   
Steve Stites
Jan 3, 2008, 21:55:46
 
> Performance is a problem inherent in a ...   Re: faster hardware   
Tony OBryan
Jan 4, 2008, 00:02:48
 
When you get down to it, Java the langua ...   Re: Re: Java DOES   
GreyGeek
Jan 4, 2008, 00:24:24
 
>As far as COLBOL being as or more produ ...   Re: Re: Re: Java DOES   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 4, 2008, 03:24:47
 
ok, forget about the money, that's t ...   Re: Re: will all due respect...   
daniel
Jan 4, 2008, 04:34:40
 
> ok, forget about the money, that's ...   Re: Re: Re: will all due respect...   
James Greenberg
Jan 4, 2008, 09:59:04
 
> C++ has a lot to offer, especially if  ...   Re: Re: Any better solution?   
Jim
Jan 4, 2008, 10:42:10
 
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM_Cor ...   New hardware for the New Cobol   
Shamar
Jan 4, 2008, 11:40:07
 
> You're complaining that Java is no ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: will all due respect...   
daniel
Jan 5, 2008, 01:34:06
 
They simply can't get anything right ...   Damn tech writers   
DR
Jan 8, 2008, 15:16:13
 
TIOBE Programming Community Index for Ja ...   Language of the Year   
Noah F. San Tsorbutz
Jan 10, 2008, 19:52:19
 
> In reply to James Greenberg:> You migh ...   Re: Python: No need to trade-off   
paul
Jan 14, 2008, 16:35:10
 
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