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- From: Joe Kraska <jkraska@bbn.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:42:09 -0700
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- > >Is it possible that Java will become the Prolog or PL/1 of the 90's?
- >
- > I don't have any first hand experience with PL/1 but your
- > characterization of Prolog is neither fair nor accurate.
- > Prolog was developed primarily within the academic community,
-
- I agree with this sentiment. I can scarely believe that someone who
- had ever programmed in prolog would compare it to a language like
- Java or C. Prolog isn't 'for' that.
-
- On the other hand, I don't know how it was marketed at the time.
- If the marketeers tried to push Prolog off as the next great solution
- (did they?), then shame on them.
-
- One way or another, however, saying that 'C is to Prolog' like 'C++ is
- to JAVA' is certainly not fair.
-
- Joe.
-