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- From: sandvik@sgi.com (Kent Sandvik)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Wicked ...
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:55:33 -0800
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Message-ID: <AD8172259668481BA3@mac-sandvik.engr.sgi.com>
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- In article <Jan-2903960007310001@206.116.214.1>,
- Jan@Bytesmiths.com (Jan Steinman) wrote:
-
- >In article <AD801A639668229B21@mac-sandvik.engr.sgi.com>,
- sandvik@sgi.com
- >(Kent Sandvik) wrote:
-
- >> Yep, even more strange when the system responds "method not found"
- :-).
- >
- >Or "core dump, segmentation fault" or "general protection failure" or
- "Dr.
- >Watson" or... :-)
- ... Bomb box (or Macsbug drop-in if the programmer has this installed on
- the Mac).
-
- >Anyone with a year or so of Smalltalk experience knows that their
- >delivered system will have a different emergency exception handler than
- >their development environment. What Kent is complaining about is a
- >feature, not a bug -- it's called "exception handling," which Smalltalk
- >also does if you walk off the end of an array, unlike certain other
- >languages.
-
- Actually, I wasn't complaining. I do like dynamic languages with features
- that will take care of dynamic dispatching of member functions, unlike
- static solutions (vtables and such).
-
- >What Kent is complaining about is only a development issue --
- essentially
- >the same as complaining that a C++ compiler detects (most) type
- >mismatches.
-
- Hmm, I hope it didn't sound like I was complaining, as I tend to use C++ as
- well. Every language has its good and bad sides. They all could be used.
- Unfortunately I tend to like Java quite a lot due to the mixture of dynamic
- and static features, so if possible it's my main language for now. It's
- sort of the "Middle Way" of programming languages, so I pay homage to the
- language designers. --Kent
-
-
- Kent Sandvik, Silicon Graphics, Inc. Member of Technical Staff
- Email: sandvik@sgi.com Phone: +1 415 933-6417
- http://reality.sgi.com/sandvik/ (sgi http:/kent.engr/)
- "May all developers be happy."
-