I share my reaction to Microsoft dropping Java support in favor of Perl. As a dedicated Perl fan who never found much use for Java, I'm untroubled by this shift in Microsoft's language adoption strategy.
Microsoft dumps Java. Doesn’t worry me to much. I’ve never had much use for Java as a user. They’ve ‘adopted’ Perl, though. And I was always a Perl fan.
This is a personal homage to Perl as the language that shaped the author’s early technical life, even though Python eventually replaced it in practice.
I prefer Perl over Python for data processing, relying on it for over a decade to handle large datasets where Access and SPSS failed. Using Perl with Excel and CPAN provides all the data analysis power I need.
GCC 3.0 features significant improvements, including the addition of a built-in Java compiler. This update expands the GNU Compiler Collection's capabilities, allowing for native compilation of Java code alongside C and C++.
I've highlighted how Microsoft’s Mac-to-PC 'switcher' ad was a fraud. The featured person actually worked for a PR firm hired by Microsoft, showing the testimonial was a staged corporate response to Apple's campaign.
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