Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 00:02:39 +0100 From: freebsd@xaa.stack.nl (FreeBSD matters of Mark Huizer (xaa)) To: plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Cc: cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/sawt - Imported sources Message-ID: <19970204000239.CK07276@xaa.stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <87sp3dlpvp.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl>; from Peter Mutsaers on Feb 3, 1997 19:13:14 %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970202203402.17748F-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> <87sp3dlpvp.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl>
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> JF> with open-ended uses enter the picture. It is easy to define > JF> what Java is (a programming language) but impossible to > JF> exhaustively define what it is used for. WWW? Games? GUI > JF> development? Database? None of these are wrong, but where do > JF> you draw the line? The only sane thing to do from a > > How about a new category, named java? The growing importance and > number of tools around it may justify a separate category. Can we then have a new category 'perl' as well? :-) To clean up that P5* mess all over the ports tree? But anyway, I think looking in INDEX is a good way to find things, and java is still associated with WWW-thingies, no matter if you and I know it's a perfect programming language. Mark
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