Ted Kosan wrote: > Harald wrote: > >> but I'm more >> and more convinced that a huge java applet is not the best way for any >> webbased project. There are two things to consider: 1. it is much >> heavier, concerning load time/memory and so on. > > With bandwidth and memory capacity increasing exponentially, this is > fast becoming a non-issue. >
I've heard that before! But I don't believe this is the panacea! > > >> it depends on >> installing java, that's not default on win32! > > But Java installs so easily on win32 that I don't know anyone who has > a problem doing this anymore. Beyond this, Java runs reasonably > uniformly across the major browsers which will avoid most of the > multi-browser difficulties the Javascript notebook faces. Another > plus is that most cell phones also run Java. > > -1 > >> and 2. on the javascript >> side, in the future a lot will change when there are good JIT >> compilers. this could make js-code possibly ~10-100x faster! > > Javascript will become quicker but what I am even more interested in > are Java's huge libraries and the huge and growing amount of open > source software that is written in Java. I don't see Javascript > matching this any time soon, if ever. > > Beyond this, Java is still the most popular programming language in > existence (http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm) and so it is an extremely > safe bet by almost any metric :-) > -1 Maybe java is popular, but ask your self why? Managers want it, but they usually don't know why! Ok, I once thought java was the way to go, but now I'm a convert. I hate java. E.g. why the hell the new jmoll graphics does not work on my Fedora 7 install from the sage command line? Jaap --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
