I have a fairly accurate analogy which can be applied should you come across such an ignoramus
Rod,
If you will check the record, you will find that I first used your so-called analogy in explaining to you why Java is a language. Somehow, you have attempted to convolute it and call it your own (You seem to have a history of doing just that--not once have I seen an original thought put forth by you--but you claim them all as your own; I guess you've learned well from Microsoft).
But you seem to have forgotten a bit of the history of UNIX and C. In the early days of UNIX, code COULD be compiled and run on any UNIX platform. That was the beauty of UNIX -- in the early 70s, no one had seen anything quite like it. In fact, no one had given serious thought to software portability until K&R. You'll find no significant discussion of portability in the literature prior the development of UNIX and C. C was, in the early 70s and as late as the early 80s, thought by many to be the most portable of languages -- and certainly it was possible to write portable code with it.
Now, we can argue about what would have happened had Bell Labs taken control of C and UNIX the way Sun has with Java. But the bottom line is that C WAS A LANGUAGE. The UNIX "VIRTUAL MACHINE" was just that. And they continue until this day; it's just that they are not standardized anymore.
I'm sorry Rod, you are just so hard-headed, I've got to end this discussion over semantics. You are so sucked-in by this Java BS that you have no judgment about the matter. I've seen a lot of languages come and go over the years, and I am not convinced at this point that Java is here to stay, at least not in its current form; the performance problems are going to be tough to solve, and there is plenty of time for some other language to come along before Java develops a significant following.
The actions of Corel are not without signifcance. While you'll undoubtedly see the Java version of their product in the future, a lot of corporate IS people are looking at that situation and saying, "If Corel can't overcome the deficiencies present in the Java language and evironment, how are WE going to?". A year from now, or 18 months, there may be wide enough acceptance of Java, and enoughof the kinks may have been worked out, to permit Corel to move forward with its project. But it certainly should give us some sense of where Java is at this point in time....
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