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Java Is So 90s

Posted by Zonk on from the please-keep-it-at-defcon-2 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some of you may recall last year's Java vs. LAMP Slashdot flamewar. The fight has now "brewed" (couldn't resist) into the mainstream press at BusinessWeek." From the article: "Yared says developers far and wide are creating a new generation of Internet-based applications with LAMP and related technologies rather than with Java. Can it possibly be that Java -- once the hippest of hip software -- has become a legacy technology, as old and out of style as IBM's (IBM) mainframe computers and SAP's corporate applications? Mounting evidence points to yes. Reports by Evans Data Corp., which does annual surveys of the activities of software developers, show Java use is slipping as LAMP and Microsoft's .NET technology gain traction."

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  1. In Related News by CodeHog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Basic is reported as "So 80s".

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    1. Re:In Related News by mforbes · · Score: 4, Funny

      The first code I ever wrote that had an actual purpose was in BASIC:

      10 for i = 1 to 100
      20 print "I will not talk in class."
      30 next

      (True story!)

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    2. Re:In Related News by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny
      Wow, I wrote my first basic aroung 1975:
      • 10 print "Hello World"
      • 20 goto 10


      And it's STILL RUNNING!!!! ;)
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  2. Re:UNIX by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is JAVA the new UNIX? It's still useful sometimes somewhere somehow but most people tend to forget/ignore its existence.

    Meanwhile, somewhere in Denmark, a graduate student is thinking "...I like Java, but not Sun's dictatorial stance on it... I think I'll come up with my own and call it Lava... (Pronounced "LooVa")

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  3. Re:PHP vs. Java by pinkstuff · · Score: 4, Funny

    If PHP is so scalable, then why use Java for enterprise applications? :-)

  4. Re:The real 90s versus outdated 00s software by brunson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Write once, debug everywhere.

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  5. Re:The real 90s versus outdated 00s software by drightler · · Score: 5, Funny

    "joys of Perl".... that makes me shudder. I learned how to program with Perl. Took me forever to unlearn the "Perl" way and start programming the "right" way. ;)

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