OK, Rephrasing the Questions - Something New

[Steve Lamb]

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Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 6:34:50 AM, Simon wrote:
> Since most people keep their email client running 24x7, this is less of
> an issue provided you have enough RAM in the first place (128Mb
> is my personal *absolute minimum* recommendation, 256Mb or more is
> better!).

    Most people?  Simon, me and my coworkers have to be the sorriest bunch of
email addicts there are and even we don't keep it loaded 24x7.  Not even the
guy who has all email going to one account that isn't filtered into subfolders
sent to his blackberry.  :P

> However Java is so much more rich in terms of standard library
> functionality than *any* other standard programming environment, so
> programs take much less time to write.

    Funny, the same is said for Python.  Of course Python is fast to work in
for other reasons.  No compile time, short load time, radical syntax, strong
but not overly-strong typing, etc. It just doesn't have the run-time speed
but, then again, it doesn't have the load-speed problem, either. I was really
put off to Java when I saw "Hello world" take over a minute to load on a
PII-400.

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