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RE: [Dev-C++] Cross platforms

[Reid T. <Rei...@at...>]

G.C.Harmon wrote:
> Here is a chance to help another newbe. I chose to learn C++ because
> Java seems to be a rapidly moving target and I never could
> figure where
> to start.. However, I was informed that Java is "cross
> platform" because
> Java code is run by the Java Virtual Machine. Varying systems require
> their own JVM, but once that is installed, Java code will execute,
> independent of the OS.=20
>=20
> How far off am I?
>=20
> GC Harmon

to=20
"write once, debug everywhere"
which is about equivalent to using a well supported cross platform dev
toolkit to
"write once, compile, debug, everywhere"

reid

RE: [Dev-C++] Cross platforms

[Reid T. <Rei...@at...>]

Don't know how that happened, was supposed to read...

I think the mantra has changed from
write once, run everywhere=20
> to
> "write once, debug everywhere"
> which is about equivalent to using a well supported cross
> platform dev toolkit to "write once, compile, debug, everywhere"
>=20
> reid

Re: [Dev-C++] Cross platforms

[lordSauron <lor...@gm...>]

Yeah, you're just about right.

What they're refferring to is the undeniable FACT that Java sucks
because it executes (when you beat it into submission) like a snail
going up a salt pile - it just doesn't cut it if you want to see
something done.  I hate it, since it's about the worst idea that ever
came into being, though I have to admit that it's unparalleled for web
programming.  All the same, it really depends on what you want to do
with your life.  Do you want to be a more dynamic applications
programmer, always on the cutting edge, or be stuck making little
miserable server apps where Java is?

The choice is yours.