Talk:Java (programming language)/Archive 1

message: Hmm, I think this article would be helped with a look-thru of the old Java whitepaper.  For one thing, Java is a platform as well as a language.  The article as it stands is confusing on this issue.  Also a major design goal is a relatively safe language for average programmers, so fingers aren't cut on the difficult parts of programming.
Still, this article is well-written, and I'd change it right now except that it would take a little time to not chop up the text terribly.  Maybe I would get rid of the part that says there are "four" design decisions behind Java, and just turn it into a list.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Forgotten gentleman (talk • contribs) 21:52, 2 December 2001
: The article is titled "Java programming language", and is about the language, not the platform.  If the article doesn't make this clear, then perhaps it could be reworded a bit and linked to another article about the platform.  And frankly, the whitepaper is a pretty awful source of information--it's mainly a publicity piece for Sun, that contains all of their goals and ideas, but none of the day-to-day realities of the majority of working Java programmers.  This is an encyclopedia, not an advertising medium. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee Daniel Crocker (talk • contribs) 15:51, 25 February 2002
:: Nonetheless, this article is currently the redirect for 'Java platform' and now we have Groovy it would be very useful to point to a summary article like the Java section in the Sun Microsystems page. I'll make the same comment on the Java platform page. webmink 18:24, 25 September 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have made a start on this. – Smyth 13:11, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is also a section on Java as a platform on the Platform (computing) page.--Jondel 18:49, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  info on article changes 

message: Someone has gone completely bezerk with links.  Seriously, do we need links for "reputation", "speed", and "thing"? This change needs to be backed out.  Unfortunately there have been revisions in the mean time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doradus (talk • contribs) 13:39, 9 December 2003
: Maybe we need to get this page protected until the revert is done and subsequent revisions incorporated. But its a pity someone's labour will go a waste. Jay 14:00, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reverting and merging of later revisions has been done. (See Wikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context for reference). Jay 14:30, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link bezerker 

message: From the article:
This should not be confused with the
 break label;
and
 continue label;
statements in C and C++, which function identically to goto.
As a C++ user, I am very confused since these statements do not exist in standard C/C++.  I removed this part.  Perhaps the author was thinking of some nonstandard extension? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin Saff (talk • contribs) 20:04, 23 March 2004
: I agree. "break;" and "continue;" statements are part of standard C and C++, but they do not have any sort of label after them in standard C or C++. Only in Java do they have that label.  --DavidCary 17:45, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed C/C++ break/continue statements 

message: I'd like a description as platform too.  Java is not only a 1)platform and 2) a language it is also a middleware. Some how thid categories or definitions must be inserted or made. Jondel 10:14, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Java: a platform and a middleware too