RE: Java and Visual Basic, how to learn?

["Walden H. Leverich III" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Some of the later version "breaks" apps written 
>in previous versions. 

<snicker><snicker><snicker>

Perhaps Sun is learning that the mantra of "write once, run anywhere" has
some problems and there are times when breaking forward compatability is a
necessary evil.

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: William Washington III [mailto:w.washington3@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:58 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Java and Visual Basic, how to learn?


I guess it depends on what you consider 
a "change."

The latest Java is version 1.4, but there were 
at least:

1.0
1.1
1.1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3.0
1.3.1

I may have missed some of the "minor" releases.

Some of the later version "breaks" apps written 
in previous versions.  

William

---- Begin Original Message ----

date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:14:42 +0100 
 from: "McCallion, Martin" Shannon O'Donnell 

wrote:

> I've programmed a lot in both Java and VB and 
I can tell you, 
> that, from my
> perspective anyway, VB is way easier to learn 
and understand.

In my experience, that is a very unusual 
position. ?Most of the people I
know who have done both have clamoured to get 
off VB and onto Java.

> Java changes versions often (REAL OFTEN!). 

This is, perhaps, the strangest assertion I have 
ever heard made about Java. ?1.4 versions in, 
what, seven years? ?Not goshdarned often enough
by a long shot, most would say. ?OS/400 changes 
faster than Java, I think.

<<snip>>



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