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- From: Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com>
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
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- Olivier Meirhaeghe wrote:
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- > whoever wants speed should stick to C or Fortran, not C++. Heavy graphics
- I'm not a Fortran buff, but I don't understand why C is faster than C++.
- C++ supports all C features (except the void* crap). If anything, C++'s
- type-checking allows more compiler optimizations, making it a slightly
- faster language.
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- > I don't think "who will replace who" is such an issue. Face it. people
- > are still using Cobol, Fortran, C, Pascal, Objective C , Smalltalk....
- > because each of these language provides a more/less elegant way to solve
- > their problems. so, Java is just one more tool in our toolbox.
- However, since C++ is the most popular language today, it also has the
- most support (just look at all the companies offering C++ compilers). If
- Java overshadows C++, it will steal away from the amount and quality of
- C++ tools availible.
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- Another question: has anyone ever considered implementing the Java
- builtin classes in C++? I bet it can be done!
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