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The Greatest Software Ever

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-the-best dept.

soldack writes "Information Week has an piece on the 12 greatest pieces of software ever. It also notes some that didn't make the cut and why. Their weblog covers 5 others that didn't make the cut."

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  1. Java? by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Java's like something someone who completed Programming Languages 101 might have invented. It has absolutely nothing original or innovative about it. Nothing. C++ with garbage collection running on a virtual machine. (Don't think VMs were new. 20 years earlier Zork ran on a virtual platform that could be ported to almost any machine.)

    Comparing a Java compiler to a Haskell compiler, say, is like comparing a toddler's first steps to running ultramarathons.

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  2. Re:Interesting article, but... by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It actually pissed you off when you read it? Are you one of those hardcore Stallman followers?

    The article was fantastic, and the description of Stallman was accurate (it says he thought software was an intellectual asset and should be free).

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  3. Re:Software? HUH? by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you give up those useless, old fashion "java is slow" arguments and take a neutral look, Java is a huge success. It is everywhere from military to tiniest cellphones.

    Thank God it is success so MS couldn't take over the portable/military market with .NET and will never do.

    Excel is purely pointless of course, they didn't invent "spreadsheet"! It sounds like a guy thinking Microsoft invented the Internet (there are many!)