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- From: thp@cs.ucr.edu (Tom Payne)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 19:08:53 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Riverside
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- Adam Megacz (kalessin@netcom.com) wrote:
- : Since Java *can* be compiled, I wonder: will it replace C++? If not,
- : to what tasks is each best suited?
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- For perspective, consider to what extent Java is more than a p-code
- implementation of a subset of C++ with some libraries added?
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- The likely impact of Java will be to focus attention on areas that,
- while not neglected, have perhaps not received the attention they are
- due from the C/C++ community:
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- * pointerless programming
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- * garbage collection
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- * concurrency
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- * interpretive implementation
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- * communication protocols that involve the execution of
- exchanged programs
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- Each of these is very important.
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- Tom Payne (thp@cs.ucr.edu)
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