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- From: tsikes@netcom.com (Terry Sikes)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 16:49:48 GMT
- Organization: adnc.com
- Message-ID: <4k66o3$35l@taurus.adnc.com>
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- phinely@Hawaii.Edu (Peter Hinely) wrote:
-
- >In article <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com>, Terry Sikes <tsikes@netcom.com> wrote:
- >>dshaker@samsara.smalltalk.com (Doug Shaker) wrote:
- >>
- >>For an interesting evangelical view, see JavaWorld's interview
- >>with Kim Polese, former head of Java marketing at Sun:
- >>
- >>http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-polese.html
- >>
- >>To quote in part (used without permission):
- >>
- >>"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,
-
- >That very well may be, but I think computer science departe departments
- >are relatively conservative in their choice of teaching languages, and
- >take quite a while to adopt a new teaching language. Who knows... by the
- >time Java is a mainstream language used in CS courses, there may be other
- >newer languages that are the "hot-thing".
-
- I've certainly seen some posts from people starting university Java classes
- now. However, the point of this thread addresses the question "will Java
- encroach on C++"? If in fact it assumes major roles such as this, the
- answer will be "yes" regardless of future developments.
-
- >>because it is (Java) the best example of what a programming language should
- >>be.
-
- >Puh-lease!
-
- As I said: "interesting" and "evangelical". What I found most interesting
- was the "insider" view of how Sun is positioning Java. It seems clear that
- its viewed as much more than an "Internet" language.
-
- >>It is an exemplary programming language.
-
- >Not!
-
- As compared with say, C++? ;-)
-
- >>It has all the right features
- >>in it, and it's very elegantly constructed and architected."
- >>
-
- >What about multiple inheritance? Functions as first class objects?
-
- MI is addressed adequately through the use of interfaces. Whether functions
- should be first class objects is open to some debate.
-
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