Version Cycles

Posted January 3, 2010

I saw some idiot's post the other day complaining about how long it takes Sun to release major versions of Java. Are you kidding me??? Ruby is only up to 1.9 - at it was first released in 1995, the same year as Java. Java is up to version 6, about to enter version 7. Even Python, which was first released in 1991, is only at version 3.1.

How the blue blazes can anyone justify this statement? Comparitively speaking, Java is moving at a blistering pace compared to all the other dinkie languages.

Seriously - if you're going to complain about something another language, make sure your preferred one doesn't suffer from it, too.

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Thank you so much or putting up this site. I just want you to know that I am in the same situation, forced to use this abomination of a framework just because it is the flavor of the month. I feel your pain and the only thing that makes me feel better is to vent.

I have done quite a bit of dev in java back in the day and then PHP in the shop I have been working in for the last four years. No somebody had the great idea of switching over to rails. Well, that just cost the dev. budget 3X, but hey, it's new!!

Once again thanks for your site and keep uo the good fight.

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