Having spent years struggling with Solaris instability for java (see madness linking required kernel patches to JVM upgrades) I honestly cant think of a single aspect of it that I miss.
Regarding SPARC, I remember the JavaOne conference where Intel engineers sat side-by-side with Sun JVM engineers to describe their partnership to delivery the best Java performance ever. I also remember switching a specific Java application from SPARC to Intel with no other changes and seeing at 23x performance boost while lowering hardware costs. Not missing a single thing about SPARC either.
Perhaps my experience was a fluke. Are there many people out there productive and stable using SPARC and Solaris? I had always assumed the entire market segment was maintaining legacy systems in situations where there was no money to move forward with modern choices.
i have been a happy, geeky, non-autistic developer for 2.5 decades
love the fresh new concepts entering my work world every year
proud of the way this profession has matured
the author's notion of "normal human" sounds like someone unwilling or unable to work to develop their talent. that might be common but it is not admirable.
computer science is young and will remain a fast-evolving frontier for many decades. as it is slowly tamed, less adventurous souls may participate. until then, anyone needing a profession where they can safely apply a set of unchanging, formulaic solutions learned in school would be advised to look elsewhere or be born far into the future.
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Having spent years struggling with Solaris instability for java (see madness linking required kernel patches to JVM upgrades) I honestly cant think of a single aspect of it that I miss. Regarding SPARC, I remember the JavaOne conference where Intel engineers sat side-by-side with Sun JVM engineers to describe their partnership to delivery the best Java performance ever. I also remember switching a specific Java application from SPARC to Intel with no other changes and seeing at 23x performance boost while lowering hardware costs. Not missing a single thing about SPARC either. Perhaps my experience was a fluke. Are there many people out there productive and stable using SPARC and Solaris? I had always assumed the entire market segment was maintaining legacy systems in situations where there was no money to move forward with modern choices.
the author's notion of "normal human" sounds like someone unwilling or unable to work to develop their talent. that might be common but it is not admirable.
computer science is young and will remain a fast-evolving frontier for many decades. as it is slowly tamed, less adventurous souls may participate. until then, anyone needing a profession where they can safely apply a set of unchanging, formulaic solutions learned in school would be advised to look elsewhere or be born far into the future.