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- From: curt_springer@hms.med.harvard.edu (Curt Springer)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 16:48:30 GMT
- Organization: HMS
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- In article <4jr7gf$dc6@nyheter.chalmers.se>, ei39594@ios.chalmers.se says...
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- [...]
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- >BTW, I have using C/C++ the past 5-6 years. NOTHING will replace a
- >language like this since you can do EVERYTHING in C (e.i. VERY low level
- >stuff).
- [...]
- >Arash
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- Yeah, EVERYTHING, like setting pointers beyond the ends of arrays.
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- Seriously, what low-level stuff (don't talk about multiple inheritance) is in
- c/c++ and not in Java that _you_ _need_ (not _want_) to do, in real life?
- How many people are there in the same situation? What percentage of the
- population are you?
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- --Curt
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