From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:56:44 +0300 From: hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [9fans] my musical career and to try and live from stolen chicken and wine Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02d506d6-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hi my friends, I have a question which I'm really concerned about. Please tell me: can java coding be fun? I would be very grateful for a serious answer since I'm trying to decide what to do in the next 20 years or so. Thank You, hiro From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <48AC606F.7010201@fh-lausitz.de> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:20:31 +0200 From: bb User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] my musical career and to try and live from stolen chicken and wine Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02e0ccfa-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 hiro schrieb: > Hi my friends, > I have a question which I'm really concerned about. > Please tell me: can java coding be fun? > I would be very grateful for a serious answer since I'm trying to > decide what to do in the next 20 years or so. > Thank You, > hiro > > > In prinziple yes! But fun and profit are the two things that never last long enough. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60808201246n46ff75e3x7f19af2814324fb7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:46:03 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_34045_7828220.1219261563225" References: Subject: Re: [9fans] my musical career and to try and live from stolen chicken and wine Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02fabcfa-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_34045_7828220.1219261563225 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:56 AM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi my friends, > I have a question which I'm really concerned about. > Please tell me: can java coding be fun? > I would be very grateful for a serious answer since I'm trying to > decide what to do in the next 20 years or so. > Thank You, > hiro > > As long as when you say "java coding" you mean, coding to the JDK, but not using Java :-). Use SISC, or Scala, or Clojure, but don't code directly in java, it's bad for the soul. (only half kidding...) Dave ------=_Part_34045_7828220.1219261563225 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:56 AM, hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi my friends,
I have a question which I'm really concerned about.
Please tell me: can java coding be fun?
I would be very grateful for a serious answer since I'm trying to
decide what to do in the next 20 years or so.
Thank You,
hiro

As long as when you say "java coding" you mean, coding to the JDK, but not using Java :-).

Use SISC, or Scala, or Clojure, but don't code directly in java, it's bad for the soul.

(only half kidding...)

Dave
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