Comments on: Java devotee BEA eyes scripting languages

Scripting initiative would capitalize on languages widely used in Web applications and considered easier to use than Java.

[Jeff Putz]

Easier to use, but not maintain

Scripting languages might be easier to use, but they suck to maintain. Ask anyone that has gone from PHP, ASP.old, Cold Fusion or Perl and went to ASP.NET or Java. Script sucks in the bigger picture.

[orfeu_niko]

Not really

I work in Java right now, and I also use PHP. It is a coding problem. I've seen code written in Java which was ugly as hell (unfortuanlly I had to debug it), and well written PHP scripts.

[Jeff Putz]

Easier to use, but not maintain

Scripting languages might be easier to use, but they suck to maintain. Ask anyone that has gone from PHP, ASP.old, Cold Fusion or Perl and went to ASP.NET or Java. Script sucks in the bigger picture.

[orfeu_niko]

Not really

I work in Java right now, and I also use PHP. It is a coding problem. I've seen code written in Java which was ugly as hell (unfortuanlly I had to debug it), and well written PHP scripts.

[rdean]

Java itself will support scripting...

Many of the scripting languages are prepping to take advantage of a JSR that standardizes the way scripting languages interact with Java objects.

[rdean]

Java itself will support scripting...

Many of the scripting languages are prepping to take advantage of a JSR that standardizes the way scripting languages interact with Java objects.