Seth R Arnold wrote: > Java is being taught in many schools, mine included, as the default > language. Our profs do not mind if we use other languages, but all example > code, all example everything, the default IDE in the labs, EVERYTHING, is > java. That makes for a few years of CS students that know nothing but Java. > (Depressing..) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thats OK, the schools are almost always about 2 years behind the real world. The real purpose of schooling is to teach you the skill of thinking in an effective manner, not to teach facts. > Java has spread to Mac, to os/2 (I hope), win32, win3.1, free unix, > commercial unix, practically every platform. > > I have a hard time believing that one GNU Hurd VM module will suddenly cause > all that momentum to go away. ---------------------------------------------------------------- That's what Bill Gates said about the little Linux kernel that a CS student gave to the world.:-)
(Especially, if Ean has it right -- building a > VM for Hurd, if built from the java 2.0 specs, is going to fall under the > Derivitive Works section of SCSL. And be not free.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- I did not mean to imply using their specs. Just the idea, then create our own specs. If the free software community builds a really better set of communication tools, then anyone in a responsible position will want to use it. I propose looking to Apache, Perl, and a host of GNU tools, GCC, SED, EGC, etc as examples. > > Some very nice points, but I doubt the hurd will be able to serve as the > magic bullet. ---------------------------------------------------------- No magic bullet, but maybe just the right size pebble for a small guy with a slingshot. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
