[ale] OT: So what about Java?

[Andrew Newton]

Joe wrote:
>>
>>OROMatcher has been available for Java since atleast the 1.1 days.
> 
> As part of the out-of-the-box standard Java library?

No, but like the Collections classes which also eventually found their 
way into the spec, it was well known.  And adding it in isn't that big 
of a deal.

The same is true for other languages.  Certain libraries become so 
popular that they get sucked in to the language.  Take a look at Python 
as an example.

> CORBA is quite a bit more than just an RPC mechanism. In any case, my
> point isn't to draw a strict parallel between CORBA and EJB, but
> rather to express that EJB doesn't seem to do anything fundamentally
> new that you couldn't do with other technologies.

I agree with that (though I've never met anybody that did anything other 
than IDL-swapping under CORBA).  And while there is nothing 
revolutionary about EJB, it does provide a standard paradigm and set of 
patterns that is quite consistent across products and programmers.

That being said, it is still used far too often when just JDBC is all 
people need.  But purchasing budgets have to be justified somehow.

>>>I think C is about the most portable language I've ever used.
> 
> 
> Please watch your attributions; I didn't write that, though I
> *did* write all the other material you quote at that indent level.

Oops!  That was not good of me. Sorry!

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Andrew Newton
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