Comments on: Sign of the times? http://blog.huikau.com/2007/12/20/sign-of-the-times/ ... finding time to write something useful is nontrivial ... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:58:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: JavaRant.com http://blog.huikau.com/2007/12/20/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-41 JavaRant.com Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:44:17 +0000 http://blog.huikau.com/2007/12/20/sign-of-the-times/#comment-41 I was thinking along the lines of Matt, but with a slight twist. I think the Java guys are just good enough to not need the silly little books these stores provide. Books, we don't need no stinking books! :P I was thinking along the lines of Matt, but with a slight twist. I think the Java guys are just good enough to not need the silly little books these stores provide. Books, we don’t need no stinking books! :P

]]> By: Matt http://blog.huikau.com/2007/12/20/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Matt Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:52:34 +0000 http://blog.huikau.com/2007/12/20/sign-of-the-times/#comment-37 I noticed that myself last time I was in there. I think it's because REAL programmers who use Java don't bother with brick&mortar stores to get their books, they use Amazon. The Ruby geeks like you don't have credit cards so you can't order online and HAVE to go to the bookstore. :-) Seriously, though, I think the better thing to do rather than label it "Java" would be just "Programming Languages." I noticed that myself last time I was in there.

I think it’s because REAL programmers who use Java don’t bother with brick&mortar stores to get their books, they use Amazon. The Ruby geeks like you don’t have credit cards so you can’t order online and HAVE to go to the bookstore. :-)

Seriously, though, I think the better thing to do rather than label it “Java” would be just “Programming Languages.”

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