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- From: ell@access1.digex.net (Ell)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Java: What's the Big Deal?
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- Date: 15 Mar 1996 03:16:19 GMT
- Organization: The Universe
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- Richard Krehbiel (rich@kastle.com) wrote:
- : milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) wrote:
- : >Seriously: The 2nd most notable thing about Java may be the
- : >JVM. Developers can write programs that are binary compatible
- : >on a variety of platforms and operating systems (remember JF?).
-
- This tends to verify Koenig's assertion, in a number of JOOP columns, that
- new languages accompany new uses. The Java p-code virtual machine will
- be ported to nearly all platforms driven by the need to have such a
- machine for cross platform Internet compatibility. This is the "open
- door" for Java. It can become ubiquitous by leveraging its unversally
- available virtual machine. Still, without pointers, it cannot cover all
- of the ground occupied by C++.
-
- Elliott
-