Tomcat Based Webmail

[Neil Watson]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:55:59PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>Is the problem caused by bloated libraries that are elegantly layered
>too deeply?
>
>Is the problem due to Java programmers?  Perhaps quantity, not
>quality?

In my experience the problem is how Java is used and by whom.  If the
best thing about Java is its portability then why do I often experience
applications that cannot be migrated easily?  In another use I've seen
folks spend considerable time and effort creating several hundred kb of
Java code to perform some regex work on EDI files.  It never occurred to
them that the same thing could be accomplished with only a few hundred
lines of perl, sed or awk in a fraction of the time.

Good programmers use the tools that are best for the job.  They are
smart enough to learn what tools they need.  Bad programmers stick with
what they know even if it is the hammer instead of the screw driver.

-- 
Neil Watson
UNIX Consultant
http://watson-wilson.ca
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