[Calendula-devel] Architecture Thoughts: J2EE vs Python

[Jason Maas]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing your real-world J2EE experience with us, it's quite
helpful!

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Tom Panzarella wrote:

>My point is that it is possible to build well designed modular code to
>work in a distributed environement that is not J2EE or .Net and be
>successful.

Well said.  =)

>"Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly."

I have that quote memorized and it's been funny (& sad) to watch M$
stumble their way down the path to a poor man's unix.  =)  But anyway,
let's get back to the point at hand...

>Could we port that over to J2EE?

I'm not sure I understand your point here.  Are you saying here that by
predominantly using Python the Calendula project is destined to poorly
reinvent J2EE?

Also, I didn't totally understand your response to Matt's question
(paraphrased): "if you think J2EE is the best way to go, why are you
so gung-ho about Python?"  Are you saying that it's because you enjoy the
challenge of "doing it all yourself"?  Or is it because J2EE is what
you do "at work" and Python is what you do "for fun"?  I'm a bit confused.

-Jason