Java is NOT a computer language... script compilers have always been
available, perl has one also, as does C#, wsh, etc--java "compiled" is
really still a script calling winapi's on windows, and calls into kernel
code in Linux...

.... it is slow...

There is nothing wrong with scripting languages, I use perl all the time
(but I don't bother with the "compiler")--indeed, one scripting language is
enough--why the world wants a hundred is above my understanding... windows
wish/wsh has front ends for most, so you can write in the syntax you are
fluent in--perl--wish--C#--java--etc--in fact--this is how they implemented
Java on their platform, and why SUN sued them and they removed it...
Java--Java Beans--Javascript is all pretty much the same--mostly "compiling"
only obfuscates the code--at first this made it difficult for others to
copy--now Java "de-compilers" tear it apart to the base source code with
ease... Java "compiles" in OS specific format--javascript is in webpages...
the JIT (Just In Time compiler) "runs" that java code on a windows system...
what ultimately runs--used to be the wsh/wish windows script--now since SUN
sued, you must get their binaries...

Warmest regards,
John

"Hal Rosser" wrote in message
. ..
sounds like you're mixing up Java and JavaScript.
Java is really a good language for Linux - and Wndows - And for i-series
(AS/400)
C# is a java wannabe. (VB.net runs as fast as C#)
You call them scripting languages - but they're really hybrids - they are
compiled - but not to machine language.
Java needs the JVM - and C# needs the dot-net framework.
Java will run on most platforms.
C# will run on windows.
Java rules.
C# is not my favorite language - in case I wasn't clear.
I like Python better than Perl. It is Object-oriented. Java spoiled me for
OO.
When it comes to server-side programming, Java is the one - JSP and
servlets.


"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Java is OK for Linux, C# is better on windows machines (both use the "C"
programming syntax--both are scripting languages--if you are going to use
a
scripting language get activeperl, it is free and the best)... Windows XP
no
longer supports java--if you patch with SP2 (and you most certainly
should)
java is lost and must be installed as a third party component from the
SUN
Microsystems site... I don't use Java--too slow... most malicious
webpage/email/newsgroup attacks are in java these days... although few
are
successful--some are... scriptkiddies favorite language is Java...

Warmest regards,
John