Java - Software/Compiler

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18-01-10
Intelext

Java - Software/Compiler

Hello there.

I saw some charts and in most of them Java is the most popular programming language in market. I wonder what software is written in it that makes Java so popular. I know that many mobile phone stuff is based on Java but what about PC software.

Also, what is a good compiler for this language?
18-01-10
jMerliN

Re: Java - Software/Compiler

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Originally Posted by Intelext

Hello there.

I saw some charts and in most of them Java is the most popular programming language in market. I wonder what software is written in it that makes Java so popular. I know that many mobile phone stuff is based on Java but what about PC software.

Also, what is a good compiler for this language?

It isn't the most popular language. Its primary use is largely in education where it enjoys a very sizable share of the market, but practically it's not used as often.

If you look at these charts etc, they generally say they're basically measuring "buzz" or availability of documentation or material online (via google searches etc). They do *NOT* measure how much in industry a language is being used, relative lines of code written in languages, and other metrics which measure actual use. They're guesstimates about how "popular" a language is in the highschool interpretation of the word. If lines of code was considered, Java would be down at the bottom with some exotic languages and things like Cobol, Fortran, and C would be so far ahead of every other language it'd be stupid, etc.

Also, there is only one official compiler, and that's the one that Sun produces. There are gnu compilers for it but I don't think there's an open-source one on windows.
19-01-10
xSilv3rbullet

Re: Java - Software/Compiler

Quote:

Originally Posted by jMerliN

It isn't the most popular language. Its primary use is largely in education where it enjoys a very sizable share of the market, but practically it's not used as often.

If you look at these charts etc, they generally say they're basically measuring "buzz" or availability of documentation or material online (via google searches etc). They do *NOT* measure how much in industry a language is being used, relative lines of code written in languages, and other metrics which measure actual use. They're guesstimates about how "popular" a language is in the highschool interpretation of the word. If lines of code was considered, Java would be down at the bottom with some exotic languages and things like Cobol, Fortran, and C would be so far ahead of every other language it'd be stupid, etc.

Also, there is only one official compiler, and that's the one that Sun produces. There are gnu compilers for it but I don't think there's an open-source one on windows.

Correct.
Sun and Microsoft had an agreement, but that expired, and hasn't been renewed since...