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- From: Don Ferguson <ferguson@tc.pw.com>
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
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- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 20:33:17 GMT
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- Joe Kraska wrote:
- >
- >>>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.
-
- The claim that Prolog was heavily marketed is misinformed. I worked
- for Quintus (a leading Prolog vendor) for 10 years, and they
- barely even had a marketing department. There was a bit of media hype
- surrounding Prolog and the Japanese 5th generation project, but there
- was never the groundswell of programmer interest in Prolog like there
- is for Java. Prolog is quite powerful, but it is a difficult language
- to master, and that is the main reason(IMHO) that it has never become
- popular.
-