Re: .NET vs J2EE papers

From: Programmer Dude (Chris_at_Sonnack.com)
Date: 03/15/05

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    MSCHAEF.COM writes:

    >> That seems almost like an apples and bicycles comparison to me.
    >>
    >> J2EE is (AFAIK) a single-language specification for a fairly specific
    >> domain, whereas .NET is multi-language and very wide domain.
    >
    > That may have been true years ago, but not so much these days. Java, in
    > various subsets, works on everything from embedded smart cards (<32K
    > memory, etc.) to cell phones and large enterprise servers. There are a
    > bunch of frameworks, also under the name Java, to support all of this.

    A good point (and one that's caused me to re-consider Java...which I've
    decided I like....it's such a nice friendly, safe language :-).

    > One of the bigger differences, platform wise, has to do with the intent of
    > the VM architecture. The JVM was designed to allow interpreted
    > implementations to operate efficiently, whereas the .Net VM was
    > designed with the intent that it always be compiled. This is why the JVM
    > bytecodes are type-specific and the .Net bytecodes infer type information.

    [grin] I KNEW this thread would turn up some interesting info!

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