Re: [OT] Swing, was Re: Nice try (was Java code generator including Struts 1.2)

2005-08-11 Thread netsql
Yan Hu wrote: But java is perhaps not suitable for fat client - type apps while it is a great language for the server side. Dave Newton wrote: How is it "not suitable" for fat clients? Yan Hu wrote: How many huge apps are written in Java Swing and how many are in C++,C or even

[OT] Swing, was Re: Nice try (was Java code generator including Struts 1.2)

2005-08-11 Thread Dave Newton
Yan Hu wrote: But java is perhaps not suitable for fat client - type apps while it is a great language for the server side. How is it "not suitable" for fat clients? _Especially_ fat clients that might reuse a _substantial_ part library code of the server side or interface directly with a sh