Some of the newer Java client technologies are quite cool (jnlp from SUN, weblets / directDOM from IBM), but still, the vast majority is on the server side (no, I don't have actual figures, but I am a java developer): EJB, servlets, JSP, anyone?
Actually this probably isn't the case. The vast majority of java development (for a couple of years now) has been server-side. For many companies, the main strength of java as a language is not platform independance, but the comprehensiveness of the APIs available for it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the speed of light was slower in glass than in air / vacuum (and indeed the speed of electrical impulses in metal conducters).
I was under the impression that optics were used in data transmission because of reduce signal attenuation over long distances.
Anyway, point being a fibre-optic computer wouldn't achieve anything.
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Some of the newer Java client technologies are quite cool (jnlp from SUN, weblets / directDOM from IBM), but still, the vast majority is on the server side (no, I don't have actual figures, but I am a java developer): EJB, servlets, JSP, anyone?
Actually this probably isn't the case. The vast majority of java development (for a couple of years now) has been server-side. For many companies, the main strength of java as a language is not platform independance, but the comprehensiveness of the APIs available for it.
That's a biggie. I guess I won't be building that OpenBSD firewall for a while then.
it was written by someone else after all. What's more surprising is that it's visible to the world.
Perhaps it is. Anything will break if you hit it hard enough.....
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the speed of light was slower in glass than in air / vacuum (and indeed the speed of electrical impulses in metal conducters).
I was under the impression that optics were used in data transmission because of reduce signal attenuation over long distances.
Anyway, point being a fibre-optic computer wouldn't achieve anything.