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- From: nelsoni@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Ian S. Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java closer to Modula-3 than to C++
- Date: 27 Feb 96 01:36:52 GMT
- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
- Message-ID: <nelsoni.825385012@rintintin.Colorado.EDU>
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- rich@kastle.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
-
- >Frederic Devernay <Frederic.Devernay@sophia.inria.fr> wrote:
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- >>I wish it could widen then use of Modula-3 (I still can't understand
- >>where C++ gets its success from...).
-
- >Oh, I think it's clear that C++ gets it's success from C. C #includes
- >and libraries can (almost always) be called upon in C++ programs.
- >Nothing like that can be said of Modula-3 or Java.
-
- There is also a lot of talk or hype still floating around that it is easy to
- pick up C++ from C. C is so difficult for so many people to learn and it is
- mandatory for a lot of jobs and at a lot of schools. I think a lot of people
- are afraid that might have to go through that again and C++ "being an
- 'extension' of C" sounds easier. It's all just spins and marketing combined
- with lack of information.
-