Thanks from the Java Developer

[Philippe Martin]

Yes, and then you have to answer Java/C/C++ job/contracts opening knowing
real well the mistake they're making ... as well as you are for
answering ;-)



Ant wrote:

> Python ruined my life.
> 
> I am a Java programmer by profession, and ever since learning Python, I
> find it a real chore to open Eclipse and write Java code (or worse -
> the XML config files that seem to glue J2EE together). And while I
> spend some of my spare time liberated by Python, I spend 10 times as
> much time coding in Java at work.
> 
> While this is just a little tongue in cheek, I do very frequently find
> myself thinking "Why is this so hard?" when doing something that would
> be trivial in Python. One of my favorites:
> 
> f = open("file.txt")
> s = f.read()
> f.close()
> 
> StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
> try {
>     BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("file.txt"));
>     String line = br.readLine();
> 
>     while (line != null){
>         b.append(line);
>         line = br.readLine();
>     }
> } catch (IOException ex){}
> String s = b.toString();
> 
> 
> WTF!!