February 23, 2005
Rails versus Javaland: Why the hate?
If there is one thing that could improve the already wonderful Ruby on Rails framework, it would be David cutting back on bashing Java.
Bashing Java seems to become for Railers what bashing Bill is for the Slashdot crowd, and words can't tell just how fucking sad this makes me. I want to support a great piece of technology without the swamp of politics that comes with it. Can someone tell my why this is so hard?
In order to throw more oil into the fire, both the Java crowd and the Rails community are constantly talking at cross-purposes. David keeps pitching Rails which is perfect for 80% of the web applications out there (and by design opts for simplicity insteads of going for the last 20%) and ridicules Javaland for having to take the scenic route when implementing the same thing. Javaland strikes back by convicting Rails of all the things it wasn't built for, like integrating existing infrastructure or writing distributed applications. Add some background noise about matter-of-taste minefields like persistence and view templates and you have enough ammo to fuel a decade of arguing about nothing at all.
Every second wasted arguing this way could be spent doing something productive. I don't understand how two camps of so obviously intelligent and well-educated people can be so hell-bent on stepping on each other's toes.
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