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- From: nelsoni@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Ian S. Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Will JAVA kill C++?
- Date: 20 Mar 96 20:08:48 GMT
- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
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- prism@pixie.co.za (Pri$m) writes:
- >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?
-
- >> - Adam
- >Hi.
-
- >C++ is way more powerful than JAVA, in flexibilty and speed. JAVA
- >tends to be rather rigid in a Pascal sort of way.
-
- Powerful how? There are some nice features that java doesn't have, but I think
- that you'd have to be a poor programmer to not be able to work around them.
- Flexibility can be a hinderence when you are working on a big project.
-
- >JAVA's major strength is it's cross-platforming ability, which I think
- >makes it the perfect tool for 'Net development.
-
- I agree with this, but I think that java may lose this.
-
- >For everything else, though, I think C++ is by far superior.
- >That's where it's impact will be. A lot of people (Delphi types)
- >complain about C++ being complicated, hard to read, etc. But the fact
-
- C++ *is* complicated. I'd say that it has to be the most complicated language
- I've ever learned, the only thing that comes close to it is CommonLISP and
- that is just because I wasn't born into LISP.
-
- >of the matter is that user friendliness and power have a tendency to
- >be mutually exclusive, especially where programming is concerned.
-
- Give me an example of this. That sounds like you put more importance on the
- programming language than on the skill of the programmer.
-
- >C++ is alive, well, and growing.
-
- this is true.
-