Re: IBM pushing Java

["David Prowak" <prowakd@xxxxxxx>]

The one thing that Java and JavaScript have in common are the
1st 4 letters of their names.  

> I've played with JavaScript (which I'm guessing is similar to Java) 
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> From: Stone, Brad V (PP) <bvstone@ppress-tc.com>
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: IBM pushing Java
> Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 1:50 PM
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Crosby [mailto:jlcrosby@fwi.com]
> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 12:01 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: IBM pushing Java
> > 
> > 
> > Colin Williams wrote:
> >  
> > > I here what your saying, but I've worked at sites before 
> > where they are
> > > so busy fighting fires, that updating of the documentation 
> > falls by the
> > > wayside!!
> > 
> > And the other side of that is the assumption that just because
> > documentation exists, that it will actually be read.
> > 
> 
> And one step further, that the documentation acutally means something or
is
> residual garbage comments from a previous version.
> 
> If java is so "good" that would mean that it's "self-documenting".  I've
> played with JavaScript (which I'm guessing is similar to Java) and I have
to
> admit it is fun and "self-documenting".  I was able to "guess" attributes
> (ie this.name, this.value, etc) after getting the basic jist of the
> language.
> 
> Even RPG is, to a point.  There are some commenting habits that drive me
up
> a wall and are deleted right away... ie
> 
> C*   If the customer number = 99999 then add one to the counter
> C                     if              (CustNo = 99999)
> C                 eval                Counter = (Counter + 1)
> C                 endif
> 
> If you can't read the code (I would wager than at least 85% of all code
is
> "readable" to a point), then you probably shouldn't be programming.
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