That'd be great for the Mac, but not so great for the Cocoa
evangelists. It's hard to understand the neglect Java has seen on
the Mac, except as a way to try to steer more people towards Cocoa.
Cocoa is a framework, Java a language.
The comparison is not as wrong as you say. Java is essentially the
language plus the runtime. People usually refer to Java as a platform
- as you don't really can't get one with without the other. That's why
there is also is the "Java Platform API Specification"
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
...which essentially should be OK to compare to Cocoa.
Apple provided a Cocoa/Java bridge to let developpers choose there
prefered language to use Cocoa, and bet what, almost nobody choose
Java. That's why the bridge is no collapsing slowly.
That's a bit simplified IMO. It's also a question of marketing and
dynamics that are way beyond the scope of Cocoa vs Java alone.
Just because something gets popular and something else gets abundant
does not make a statement about the quality of one or the other.
That's said - I am not taking any sides here ..if there are any :)
cheers
--
Torsten
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