beginner: Java or .NET?

[Lew]

Re: beginner: Java or .NET?

ITMozart wrote:

I'm quite amazed too.

Please do not top post.

* Java: ... its presence is constantly decreasing.

Evidence?

Java is a very clean language, and I would suggest it to beginners.
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* .NET: some IT fields seems like prefer this platform, for example when
you look for Oracle jobs, you very often find the couple Oracle + .NET,
and I don't know why. Its presence is constantly increasing. You're
guaranteed to "survive" for many years.

Who enforces this guarantee?

C# is a more complex and "powerful" language, but being more powerful,
it can be very misguiding.

More powerful than Java? Evidence? Definition of "powerful"?

Wandering in the IT companies, you can found real messes done in C++,
because of its "power".

You can find real messes in any language. It isn't C++'s fault but the
practitioners'.

How long will it take for .NET to reach Java diffusion? Who knows? Point
is: maybe another platform will outstand both.

What happened to that guarantee?

It you're very into IT, I think Ruby in the future will do this, but
still before of this, there will be a reasonable number of well-paid
positions.

Ruby will do what "this"? Ruby is a very different language from the
Java/C++/C# constellation and not equally suited for the same problem spaces.

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Lew