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- From: denatale@nando.net (Rick DeNatale)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 07:48:38 -0500
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- Message-ID: <denatale-1004960748380001@grail1506.nando.net>
- References: <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com> <DpG1s1.GC9@research.att.com> <4k7akk$nsh@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <DpIG6w.LF8@research.att.com> <316A66FA.4F4B@netalive.com>
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- In article <316A66FA.4F4B@netalive.com>, "Erik P. DeBenedictis"
- <erikd@netalive.com> wrote:
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- >Andrew Koenig wrote:
- >>
- >> In article <4k7akk$nsh@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>
- linden@positive.eng.sun.com (Peter van der Linden) writes:
- >>
- >> > Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com> wrote:
- >> > >Of course, the head of Java marketing is expected to say things like this,
- >> > >whether or not the facts strictly justify them.
- >>
- >> > Well Andrew, one could equally well say that a proponent, supporter,
- >> > and author of a book on C++ would be expected to defend the C++ language
- >> > by saying something like this, regardless of whether it is borne out by
- >> > the evidence or not ;-)
- >>
- >> Of course. You should always take people's biases into account
- >> when you evaluate what they say.
- >
- >...yet even a biased person may say things that are worth listening to.
-
- Boy, I sure hope that this thread never degenerates into ad hominem arguments!
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