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- From: rudd@mindspring.com (Justin Rudd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 05:21:45 GMT
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
- Message-ID: <4i31ok$s9c@B1FF.mindspring.com>
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- Wow...an actual intelligent answer on this thread and not just "My
- language is better then yours". Can't wait for the flames I'm gonna
- get on this comment ;-)
-
- > 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...
-
- Thats for sure...my old high school still teachs the Apple IIE ROM
- basic...hehehe...and I took 3 years of it.
-
- > 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.
-
- This is true...and BTW...does anyone know the URL of a _TRULY_
- interactive java web page??? All the ones I've ever seen are
- basically just animations. While this is neat....what is the point??
- I'd like to see a page that will allow me to....well....interact :-)
-
- and no...I'm not going to learn Java...call me close minded, call me
- arrogant, call me anything you want to. But I'm quite content with
- C++.
-
- Justin Rudd
- rudd@mindspring.com
-
-