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Why Writing Dumb Code is a Smart Idea

Posted by hiheiss on March 02, 2007 at 03:33 PM | Comments (2)

A new interview I did with Sun technology evangelist Brian Goetz, "Writing Better Code: A Conversation With Sun Microsystems Technology Evangelist Brian Goetz" explores several areas of his considerable expertise. He addresses concurrency issues; the problems Java developers have in identifying performance problems (think architecture, not coding); the importance of writing clean "dumb code" and trusting the JVM; the overuse of XML; the problems C programmers have in learning Java programming; the distinctive improvements in J2SE 5.0 and Java SE 6; the myth of expensive object allocation; and the as yet unsung virtues of JSR 223 -- scripting integration. He clearly thinks that Java developers, in some areas at least, have got it wrong. Anyone think he's got it wrong?

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