Right that is it, the toys have left the pram..................

[doodab]

I was programming in oak when you still wore short trousers. Why would I want to write code in a language less productive than c++

Perhaps if you had used a modern garbage collected language your coffee machine wouldn't have dumped core?

[suityou01]

Perhaps if you had used a modern garbage collected language your coffee machine wouldn't have dumped core?

So garbage collected languages are "dumbed down" to prevent this kind of thing. Tell me more.

[Mich the Tester]

[eek]

Perhaps if you had used a modern garbage collected language your coffee machine wouldn't have dumped core?

I did

Oak was renamed Java in 1994 after a trademark search revealed that Oak was used by Oak Technology.[2] Java 1.0 was finally shipped in 1996.[3]

Its just feels a bit 1990s when compared to a language that's been updated within the past 10 years.

[doodab]

I did

So why didn't you use C++ instead, seeing as it makes you so much more productive?

[eek]

So why didn't you use C++ instead, seeing as it makes you so much more productive?

Because the set top box the system was for was designed to run a particular language. One designed explicitly for the purpose as C++ (the initial approach) didn't cut it.

I thought you knew the history of java and all its advantages over "other languages". Oh you don't

[BrilloPad]

I gave up coffee in November 2007. You should try it.

[doodab]

I thought you knew the history of java and all its advantages over "other languages". Oh you don't

Why did you think that?

[eek]

Why did you think that?

Because you claimed to be a Java expert throughout the thread where we took the mickey out of your cack-handed questions....

[doodab]

Because you claimed to be a Java expert throughout the thread where we took the mickey out of your cack-handed questions....

No I didn't. That is you jumping to conclusions.

I asked a question that wasn't even a java question but about processing a particular kind of data structure and you decided that my client's requirement to hire someone who has CS background knowledge over and above how to use off the shelf frameworks marks me out as a

no it all (sic)

when actually I'm just trying to find someone at least as competent as me and preferably somewhat better.

I think you are a twat. Perhaps that's just me jumping to conclusions.