On 9/24/2011 10:37 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 9/24/2011 6:33, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Was it you that said something about "committing to backwards
>> compatibility
>> way too early"?
>
> Yep. That was the fundamental failure, caused by the whole "write once"
> marketing campaign.
>
>> I notice Office no longer comes with any documentation at all, just a
>> link
>> to an online forum.
>
> It has documentation. It just mixes it in with the online forum. I think
> you have to chose to install it locally, tho, which is what you might be
> seeing.
>
>>> I did some code yesterday where I had to break one type name over
>>> multiple lines to keep within the 80-character line limit standard. It
>>> doesn't help when you have stuff like
>>> FastPersistentLinearCollection<OrganizationIndividualRelationshipEntity>
>>>
>>> I kid you not.
>>
>> That's just silly...
>
> It makes perfect sense in context. It's just absurdly verbose.
>
> What would be in C#
>
> var z = from y select z where z.id = myID
>
> in java becomes
>
> List<OrganizationIndividualRelationshipEntity> z =
> Lists.ImmutableCopyOf(
> Lists.filter(y, new
> Predicate<List<OrganizationIndividualRelationshipEntity>() {
> @override boolean apply(OrganizationIndividualRelationshipEntity x) {
> return x.id = myID;
> }
> }
> )
> }
>
> I've lost track of closing braces....
> )
>


Java: It's like pounding your head against a brick wall. Repeatedly.

-- 
~Mike

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