tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post2119804311427653004..comments2024-02-21T06:47:29.430-07:00Comments on Chip Overclock<sup><small>®</small></sup>: If Java is the new COBOL, is C++ the new assembly?Chip Overclockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-55893845116669709702007-07-09T08:53:00.000-06:002007-07-09T08:53:00.000-06:00When I wrote this article I had lost the reference...When I wrote this article I had lost the reference regarding the use of Java in the enterprise versus embedded spaces. I just now came across it again: Bill Venners interview with James Gosling. Gosling remarks on the different applications and perspective on Java in Europe (embedded) versus the U.S. (enterprise). I've added a reference to the end of the article.Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-73090261175433431382007-01-26T13:59:00.000-07:002007-01-26T13:59:00.000-07:00"speed to market, cost, programmer productivity, a..."speed to market, cost, programmer productivity, availability of skills, breath of tools", yeah, all that stuff. I guess for me it all comes down to time-to-market, and the other metrics are simply ways of achieving that.<br /><br />One of the dangers of writing a blog with a diverse audience is trying to figure out who you're writing for. Just a year or so ago I heard a senior technologist in a Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-78455838356940091482007-01-26T13:28:00.000-07:002007-01-26T13:28:00.000-07:00Wow! Nice article. However, it felt like trying ...Wow! Nice article. However, it felt like trying to solve a multidimensional puzzle without knowing the number of dimensions. <br /><br />Perhaps it would be simpler (I love simple, being I'm too stupid to understand all you smart people), if you bring it down to some basic drivers that might help us understand, and perhaps predict, where Java, C++, C, assembly, etc. have been and where it Paul Moormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956138993995459655noreply@blogger.com