> And MUCH slower. I think that Lucent is missing the boat here. Most of
> the current command line utilities are not used solely from the command
And you have tested this? Im sure Livingston has.
> line, but also from much larger scripts that may be polling 20 or 30 PM's
> every other minute or so and then pretty printing the output. In that
> case, going to Java is a big disadvantage. I don't mind them getting
Processors are quite a bit faster these days.
> tired of supporting several platforms and wanting to make it easy on
> themselves by going to Java. Java is never done for the benefit of the
Yes Java is primarily for the benefit of the developers and supporters of
the program, I would agree there.
> As for Java being less buggy, I haven't seen that in current Java code at
> all. Most Java apps I've seen are riddled with bugs. (Just not ones
Java is new, java programmers are new, new concepts, Im sure when C was
new, C programs had lots more bugs than Cobol programs.
> dealing with pointers from user code, although I've seen tons of pointer
> errors from poorly written interpreters themselves). Amber is nice, but
> if it is one thing, that one thing is SLOOOWWW.
What machine are you running Amber on?
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