Compilation strategy

[deadalnix]

On Monday, 17 December 2012 at 07:56:26 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> On Monday, December 17, 2012 08:39:56 deadalnix wrote:
>> On Monday, 17 December 2012 at 07:27:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
>> 
>> wrote:
>> > On Monday, December 17, 2012 08:24:27 deadalnix wrote:
>> >> On Monday, 17 December 2012 at 00:57:30 UTC, Walter Bright
>> >> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > It doesn't hide the source in any effective way. There are
>> >> > enough Java byte code => source translators around to 
>> >> > prove
>> >> > that. It only takes one such tool to exist (and it's
>> >> > especially
>> >> > easy to create such a tool given D being open source).
>> >> 
>> >> Oh, so that's why java is never used in any company !
>> > 
>> > Java is used quite heavily by companies.
>> 
>> No it isn't, because they are afraid of bytecode decoders like
>> jad or JD.
>
> There may very well be companies which avoid it because of 
> that, but I don't
> see how you can possibly think that Java isn't used heavily in 
> the corporate
> world, since it is.
>

OK, before I'll drive you crazy, I know that (and I 
professionally wrote quite a lot of java myself). Java is one of 
the most used language in companies.

But it seems that explaining it the forward classic way do not 
work, so I try another strategy : maintain the opposite point and 
let people notice how dumb it is.

I hope the point is made by now.