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| - | Java is a programmering language from Sun Microsystems designed to run on set-top boxes and various small devices. However, due to Java being too slow and bloated, that plain failed miserably. | + | Java is a programming language from Sun Microsystems designed to run on set-top boxes and various small devices. However, due to Java being too slow and bloated, that plain failed miserably. |
| Repurposing the whole thing for writing desktop applications also largely failed, partially for the reasons mentioned and partially because the GUI toolkit, AWT, was a useless piece of crap. A second attempt at a GUI toolkit, called [[Swing]], put another layer of crap on top of AWT, resulting in something equally useless but slower, uglier and more unreliable. | Repurposing the whole thing for writing desktop applications also largely failed, partially for the reasons mentioned and partially because the GUI toolkit, AWT, was a useless piece of crap. A second attempt at a GUI toolkit, called [[Swing]], put another layer of crap on top of AWT, resulting in something equally useless but slower, uglier and more unreliable. | ||
| Reportedly Java now runs OK on a powerful server, assuming you don't need to run any other applications. | Reportedly Java now runs OK on a powerful server, assuming you don't need to run any other applications. | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 16 June 2009
Java is a programming language from Sun Microsystems designed to run on set-top boxes and various small devices. However, due to Java being too slow and bloated, that plain failed miserably.
Repurposing the whole thing for writing desktop applications also largely failed, partially for the reasons mentioned and partially because the GUI toolkit, AWT, was a useless piece of crap. A second attempt at a GUI toolkit, called Swing, put another layer of crap on top of AWT, resulting in something equally useless but slower, uglier and more unreliable.
Reportedly Java now runs OK on a powerful server, assuming you don't need to run any other applications.
