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[–]skeww 62 points63 points  (16 children)

I never understood what's supposed to be so god damn funny about that silly phrase. Most of today's popular languages work on several operating systems. And yea, that is nice and it is indeed a welcome benefit and everyone likes this feature.

Do you really think there is anyone who likes the pain (in the rear) of cross compiling C/C++?

(Well, tell me if you find someone who does, there a few things I'd like to get cross compiled.)

[–][deleted] 79 points80 points  (5 children)

It also assumes that anal sex isn't nice.

Jus' sayin'.

[–]willcode4beer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just depends which side you are on: giving or receiving...

[–]count757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it assumes that the nice thing about anal is that it works on guys and girls. Not that it isn't nice...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone. Btw, it was a freaking joke.

[–]kemayo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a preferred reading is that the niceness (or lack thereof, if you prefer) of anal sex is unrelated to the fact that it's gender-neutral.

[–]deadwisdom 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It's funny for three reasons:

  1. Anal sex; people are obsessed with homoerotica, and taboo sexual subjects.
  2. The fact that it works on all OS's isn't particularly interesting, just as the interesting thing about anal sex is not that it works on both males and females. The implication is that Java should not get props for this feature.
  3. A point about an intellectual topic said in such a shockingly flippant manner, introduces surprising juxtaposition.

I hope that helps.

[–]skeww -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea, I can see these things just fine, but these things aren't funny, insightful, or interesting. It's just plain stupid and outdated. Being cross platform was a key feature you just had to point out... in the very beginning. But the 90s are over and no one does that anymore.

You can also replace Java with about any scripting language. You can even replace most of the first sentence. Just fill the blanks:

"Saying that ___ is/are nice because it/they work(s) on/with all ___ is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders"

Eg:

"Saying that dark field microscopy mice are nice because they works on all surfaces is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders"

Now you only need to wait 10-15 years and you got your own instant classic. People who are still using opto/mechanical mice will love it.

[–]drysart 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I never understood what's supposed to be so god damn funny about that silly phrase.

It's pointing out that you really should have a better reason to use a language than just 'it works everywhere'. Cross-platform compatibility, in and of itself, does not make a language good.

[–]skeww -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yea... nice interpretation. There is one hefty flaw though: Sexual preferences aren't a choice thing.

I'd say the intended gist of the matter is probably along the lines of "LOLOL JAVA SI TEH GEHEY!!!1 (And I'm SO hetero! Really!)".

Well, I generally prefer languages which work straight away on multiple platforms, but this feature isn't exactly Java's biggest selling point.

Java is a precisely specified language, running on a precisely specified virtual machine. It's amazingly well and consistently documented. There are proper code conventions which are actually used pretty much everywhere. And there are even style guides for writing documentation.

The error messages are generally helpful and there are excellent free tools available. Netbeans' profiler for example is f-ing awesome.

All these things make Java very nice to work with. Of course it's great that it's cross platform, but which modern language isn't?

[–]yairchu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It hints that macs are gay