Berlin Brown and Software Development

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(Draft) I was having a discussion online. C is better than Java. Java is better than C. You know, the conversation you have everyday on the web and come up with the same conclusions. When people mention the benefits of Java, they normally mention WORA (write once, run anywhere) and Java's garbage collection. The Java developer does not have to worry about his application crashing and what-not. And it just occurred to me. I see more crashes with Java servers and systems than I could ever imagine with systems that were built with C++ or C. I don't think I have worked at a Java shop where they don't periodically reboot their Java application servers. Does this happen with Apache/PHP driven applications? Shrug? . I don't want to get into that debate, but it is the reality in the J2EE/Java world that the Java virtual machine is not immune to crashes or the dreaded 'Out of Memory' Errors. But like everything in life, there are no guarantees, right?. The ...