[svlug] Re: Thread Programming and Java

[Justin F. Knotzke]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 08:48:29AM -0700, Karen Shaeffer wrote:

> Let me apologize to anyone who is offended by my statement above. I really
> mean no disrespect to anyone. I have views and a preference and have
> expressed them. I have no problem with others seeing it differently.

	Ok, no worries.


> If you trace through the thread leading up to my comments, you'll see that
> the assertion was made advocating the *need for the Linux kernel to be
> optimized to support Java*. Java does not utilize the hardware efficiently,
> and the Linux kernel is designed for optimized execution at the hardware
> level. You won't find any credible studies disputing my views here.

	I am not even going to begin to pretend that I understand the issues
	surrounding changing the kernel to accommodate Java. I leave that up
	to Linus and the people who work on the kernel and those who truly
	understand the issue.

	At first I was really dumbfounded as to why large parts of the Linux
	community were so turned off by Java. I would have thought they
	would have embraced it given that Java's original idea was to have
	multiplatormed applications and this would benefit Linux.

	Then I realized that for many Linux programmers, what is most
	important is the use of the best available technology before anything
	else. Java for them is not the best available technology for pure
	technological reasons. While Java may have brought more apps to Linux
	it would have done so at a cost to Linux itself. 

	Or so the argument goes.

	That I can respect.

	Justin.

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