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- From: tracy@amiga.iac.net (Tracy S. Schuhwerk)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
- Date: 12 Mar 1996 02:53:03 GMT
- Organization: Mobius Recursive Software - Making Yesterdays Tomorrows Today
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- Richard Bowen (bowen.richard.rw@bhp.com.au) wrote:
- : Will Java kill C++?
- : The Nameless One wrote:
- : >
- : > ABSOLUTELY NOT!
- : Definitely will.
-
- [ SNIP... ]
-
- : Java is not some trendy new smalltime language. It is major step for the
- : software industry, and it will revolutionise it.
- : Java will kill C++.
-
- [ SNIP... ]
-
- : Richard
- : bowen.richard.rw@bhp.com.au
-
- So... I take it the only tool you have in your toolbox at home is
- a hammer? Why do we need a screw driver, a hammer can do the same
- thing, I can put a screw in with it...
-
- Why do people insist that one language or another is going to "kill"
- another? Java has its place, C/C++ have theirs.
-
- Why does COBOL still exist? Why do people still use Fortran? Believe
- it or not, there are still flavors of BASIC out there...
-
- I seriously doubt that C and/or C++ will be disappearing off the
- face of the earth anytime soon, and I doubt the Java is the "be all
- and end all" of programming languages. Sun has done a heck of a
- job selling Java, but then that seems to be their way... create a
- standard then sell it hard.
-
- -- Tracy Schuhwerk
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