On 4/6/2015 6:50 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
A Java course participant asked me near the start of the
beginner's course: ?What can one do with Java? Could you
show me three Java programs??.
"What can one do with Java? Nothing that can't be done in some
other language. I'll give you a referral to our COBOL professor, or
to a guidance counsellor if you'd like to change your major."
What can one do with a hammer? One can build, or one can
destroy. The building may be shoddy, and the destruction may be
incomplete -- these depend on the circumstances and on the talent
and application of the hammerer -- but basically, that's It.
In short: Silly question. Something along the lines of "Why
Java as opposed to SNOBOL?" might have been more worthy, but ...