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- From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Message-ID: <DpG1s1.GC9@research.att.com>
- Organization: AT&T Research, Murray Hill NJ
- References: <315BFB16.B74@isg.de> <4jgv6t$hon@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 14:04:48 GMT
-
- In article <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com> tsikes@netcom.com (Terry Sikes) writes:
-
- > For an interesting evangelical view, see JavaWorld's interview
- > with Kim Polese, former head of Java marketing at Sun:
-
- > "I would say just from a standpoint of programming language popularity, I
- > think Java is going to replace C++ and is boing to become the language that
- > university students learn when they sit down and write their first line of
- > code, because it is the best example of what a programming language should
- > be. It is an exemplary programming language. It has all the right features
- > in it, and it's very elegantly constructed and architected."
-
- Of course, the head of Java marketing is expected to say things like this,
- whether or not the facts strictly justify them.
- --
- --Andrew Koenig
- ark@research.att.com
-