Re: OT: real-world programming practices

2002-05-08 Thread Seneca
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:16:57PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:37:20PM -0400, Seneca wrote: > | On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 05:26:51PM -0500, Ron wrote: > > | > Hey, I wonder if java can use ncurses? > > Do you want to write JNI code (C/C++)? I've heard it's ugly. Java is > a L

Re: OT: real-world programming practices

2002-05-08 Thread dman
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:37:20PM -0400, Seneca wrote: | On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 05:26:51PM -0500, Ron wrote: | > Hey, I wonder if java can use ncurses? Do you want to write JNI code (C/C++)? I've heard it's ugly. Java is a LCD (Lowest Common Demoninator) environment. If not every platform c

Re: OT: real-world programming practices

2002-05-08 Thread Seneca
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 05:26:51PM -0500, Ron wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 16:25, Seneca wrote: > [snip] > > > P.S. - Confirmation messages are not a "feature"! > > > > They are when they meet the teacher's specifications: written in java, > > use AWT, are a class, and use buttons, frames, and t

OT: real-world programming practices

2002-05-08 Thread Ron
On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 16:25, Seneca wrote: [snip] > > P.S. - Confirmation messages are not a "feature"! > > They are when they meet the teacher's specifications: written in java, > use AWT, are a class, and use buttons, frames, and the appropriate > listeners. Each time one comes up in my testing