Overheard in the tech blogosphere » Java http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:36:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard: I don’t want to ever have to wait for Java to load http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-i-dont-want-to-ever-have-to-wait-for-java-to-load/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-i-dont-want-to-ever-have-to-wait-for-java-to-load/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 17:42:06 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-i-dont-want-to-ever-have-to-wait-for-java-to-load/ rupert_goodwins.jpg Java doesn’t do anything by itself. It’s a programming language. Programming languages are like sewage plants: if the average user becomes aware of them, something’s gone wrong.

Rupert Goodwins, Gallery: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet

Love it!  When I see that Orange Java box come up, I go get a cup of coffee.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-i-dont-want-to-ever-have-to-wait-for-java-to-load/feed/ 0 Overheard: LINQ is like object-oriented programming http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-linq-is-like-object-oriented-programming/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-linq-is-like-object-oriented-programming/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:18:14 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-linq-is-like-object-oriented-programming/ patrick_hynds.jpg LINQ is an object-oriented revolution for data, because it, like object-oriented programming, allows programmers to write code that is more like the way people think.

Patrick Hynds, as quoted in Does .NET With LINQ Beat Java? ]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-linq-is-like-object-oriented-programming/feed/ 0