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- From: dagenais@hagen.vlsi.polymtl.ca (Michel Dagenais)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java closer to Modula-3 than to C++
- Date: 27 Feb 96 08:51:39
- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
- Message-ID: <DAGENAIS.96Feb27085139@hagen.vlsi.polymtl.ca>
- References: <31308FE2.167E@sophia.inria.fr>
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- In-reply-to: Frederic Devernay's message of Sun, 25 Feb 1996 17:35:46 +0100
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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:
-
- It is not surprising. At least one group within SunLabs had the mandate to
- develop a language which looked like C++ but really was very much
- like Modula-3. Some of the original M3 people were even hired by SunLabs.
- There are as well a number of ex C++ (Apollo, Centerline...), now M3,
- researchers in SunLabs.
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- I have not seen however the direct connection between these people and
- the Java group.
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- where C++ gets its success from...).
-
- Pragmatic people, (like me :-), dont see themselves using a non mainstream
- language, a priori. It takes some time to appreciate all the problems of
- C++ in real large applications. Most people started using C++ in 1992
- or later, and it took them a year or two to start coming back and
- develop/look at other languages such as Delphi and Java.
- Modula-3 was ahead of this!
-
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- Prof. Michel Dagenais http://www.vlsi.polymtl.ca/dagenais/home/home.html
- Dept of EE and Computer Eng. dagenais@vlsi.polymtl.ca
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