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- From: Alexander Anderson <sandy@almide.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java closer to Modula-3 than to C++
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 07:31:47 +0000
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- In article <31308FE2.167E@sophia.inria.fr>, Frederic Devernay <Frederic.
- Devernay@sophia.inria.fr> writes
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- >After having played a little bit with Java, I must admit that it's by
- >far closer to Modula-3 than to C++, and it does only inherit its syntax
- >from the latter, common features with Modula-3 include:
- >- programmation by modules (though they are still called classes they
- >look more like Modula modules, right ?)
- >- strong typing
- >- garbage collection
- >
- >any opinions on this ?
- >I wish it could widen then use of Modula-3 (I still can't understand
- >where C++ gets its success from...).
- >--
- >http://www.inria.fr/robotvis/personnel/devernay/
- >Projet ROBOTVIS -- INRIA Sophia Antipolis -- FRANCE
-
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- Yes,
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- Java is a really beautiful language to code in.
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- I was so dissapointed, when I first heard of it last year, that it
- didn't look like Oberon.
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- I know exactly why C and C++ are popular but this is a public
- letter.
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- I notice your signature says INRIA. If Modula-3 is close enough to
- Java, in your opinion, have you thought of writing a MODULA-3 compiler
- for the Java Virtual Machine?
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- I would always write in Wirth's clean clear Oberon-Style language,
- given a choice.
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- Sandy
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