If Rails and Java were Cars

Me: I hate Java. It should die.

Non-techie boyfriend: Why?

Me: Every time I make a change to this Java web application and want to test it, I have to re-build the app, re-deploy it, and restart the server.

Non-techie boyfriend: So if it were a car…

Me: Say I’m trying to replace a battery. Were this a Rails car, I could take out the old battery, put in a new battery and start the engine. But this is a Java car, see? So I have to take the whole car apart piece by piece, put in the new battery, completely re-assemble the car, and then start it.

Non-techie boyfriend: Java sucks.

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8 Comments

  1. Posted July 31, 2007 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    You forgot verbosity and extra layers. The Java TransportationDeviceImpl doesn’t have a battery, it has an EnergyManagerFactory that gives you access to the ConcreteBatteryEnergyDeviceImpl.

  2. Posted July 31, 2007 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    I’d have to say… if they were both cars I would have crashed and burned to a crisp using either. But that’s probably because I’m such a bad driver and I like to speed around corners that have speedbumps.

  3. gth
    Posted July 31, 2007 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    Also it appears that these “cars” resemble that irritating PC vs Mac TV Commercial. I wonder when the iPhone and Blackberry will go after each other?

  4. m
    Posted August 2, 2007 at 10:29 am | Permalink

    Right, except Macs and RoR are right and PC’s and Java are wrong.

  5. boyfriend perkele
    Posted August 12, 2007 at 7:46 pm | Permalink

    I actually made more car references, so my part in the discussion was not as passive as that.

  6. m
    Posted August 12, 2007 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

    Oh yeah? Complain to the Hague about it.

  7. boyfriend perkele
    Posted August 12, 2007 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

    Now go ask V.V. Putin for protection, like you always do. Hague Russia Gute Freunde

  8. gh
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 10:28 am | Permalink

    I was right. iPhone vs Blackberry it is!! Have to feed it.

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