Mono Outpaces Java In Linux Desktop Development 598
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dp619 writes "Mono, a framework based on Microsoft technology, has become more popular for Linux desktop applications than Java, but recent changes could strengthen Java's hand, SD Times is reporting. The story also touches on the failure of Linux distros to keep pace with Eclipse."
Mono is spreading on desktop Linux machines? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
Of course not. Java hasn't improved over time. It is exactly the way it was in version 1. All you can build with it is very slow animated buttons and stuff for web pages.
Are you kidding me? Comparing Java 1 with .NET (which is a copy of Java 1.4 without maintaining backwards compatibility)?
Re:Good (Score:5, Funny)
That sounds about right from my last excursion with Java :-P
The Wolf Crows at MidAfternoon... (Score:5, Funny)
Java is dying. Python is good so is C#. I love attributes, LINQ, Master Pages, etc.
I'm not an MS fan, but C# is just so nice.
For the record I'm writing this on my debian sid laptop using Iceweasel.
Programming is fun. Did you know that rabbits aren't rodents? Storm clouds are the ones they call cumulonimbus. I forgot to bring lunch today so I ate my hat. In "Transformers: Masterforce" they showed news clippings in which the Destrons were referred to as "Decepticons", that seemed like a nice nod to the Transformers we knew in America... I'm going to write an Emacs clone that uses Brainfuck for its scripting.
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
.NET is an extremely popular platform.
Tragic, isn't it?
-jcr
Re:This is beyond garbage (Score:3, Funny)
Do I get a volume discount if I want five of them ?
Only if they are all the same article.
Re:who uses mono anyway? (Score:1, Funny)
Is this the part where you want us to name all the projects that use Java?
Re:This is beyond garbage (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
Yes they do. A handwritten recipe for cookies is executable, it just runs on a different class of machine.
Re:The Wolf Crows at MidAfternoon... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm going to write an Emacs clone that uses Brainfuck for its scripting.
Sweet. Let me know if you want some help with that. I'm interested in writing a vi mode for something like that. In Java.
Re:no mono (Score:5, Funny)
Actually it did not rain here today so I am highly dubious about you're claim that it rained where you are.
Minor correction (Score:3, Funny)
Write any app you want with any language you choose. Run it on anything you wish.... But if it is mono-based or has any mono-dependency whatsoever, it's not going to run on any hardware that I own. I avoid mono-apps and won't install any distro in which mono is a part of the default install. I'll believe mono is safe when I see Steve Ballmer, Richard Stallman, Steve Jobs, and Theo de Raadt singing "Koombaya" together on the same stage.
... this system is going down permanently ...now
;-)
kws@frozenhell~$ man Ballmer+Stallman+Jobs+de_Raadt
kws@frozenhell~$ segfault
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
By that definition, both produce surprisingly lean executables.
Re:no mono (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, it was a precipitation superposition here today, so I find both of your claims highly suspect and extremely plausible.
Re:Good (Score:5, Funny)
This must be a meaning of the word 'only' that I wasn't previously aware of.
Re:Outpaces? (Score:4, Funny)
If you are going to post a comment, at least have the decency to RTFA first. I would give an example of why you should, and show how your statements are false based on the content of TFA, but I haven't read it yet...
Jeez. (Score:3, Funny)