Re: New VSI post on Youtube

On 8/20/2024 8:29 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

 

I stopped working with Java almost a decade ago. (it coincided with
my retirement when I no longer had to do work for others!)
But, here goes....

 At times, Java itself seems to "feel" like it has been designed by theorists
with little real-world experience.

What makes you think it wasn't?  Kinda like Ada.  The USAF came up
with an idea because they needed it for their jets.  Others got
involved resulting in a product that no longer met their needs.
DOD mandated Ada usage.  The USAF said no thank you and went back
to Jovial.  :-)

                                    All the classes-upon-classes when doing
I/O come to mind here.
 And BTW, Java, is it .size() or .length() ??? Pick one and stick with it
when you design your classes. :-(
 

To me size and length are not the same thing.  Strings have length.
Data types, pointers and the like have size.  Anything trying to
make the two interchangeable is just wrong.  :-)
bill