Conventional wisdom: “It’s a toy! Fine for internal tools, but you couldn’t possibly write real production code that way.” In 1998, they said that about Java. In 2006, they said it about Rails. What are they saying that about today?
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Replying to @sarahmei
On 1998 my first impression of Java was that it was serious (backed by Big Corporation, enterprisey promises) and certainly not a toy. You apparently had a very different experience. What made it look like a toy?
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Java in the browser was brutally flaky.
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Replying to @henryt_munster @sarahmei
I see your point.
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