Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: What do people use Java for?
Author: Dan Shafer Posted: 2/23/1999; 8:37:33 AM Topic: What do people use Java for? Msg #: 3151 (In response to 3142) Prev/Next: 3150 / 3152
Chuck....One of the Web developers on my CNET Builder.com Web conference advisory board swears by Java servlets for server-side stuff. His primary reasons:
* cross-server compatibility. When he writes a servlet, it can be deployed on IIS, JWS, Netscape, WebSTAR, or any other servlet-enabled server (and he claims to have proven this) * speed. He says that while a servlet is slow to run the first time it loads into the server's memory, it is blazingly fast from that point. * reliability. Biggest advantage to him. He says all he has to say to people who have been developing scripted CGI for server-side stuff is "No memory leaks" and developers flock to the servlet model.
He has in fact apparently used sedrvlets on a fairly large handful of extremely high-volume Web servers and sites with nary a glimmer of a problem.
There are responses to this message:
- Re: What do people use Java for?, Mark J. Gardner, 2/23/1999; 10:16:25 AM
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