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- From: dbell@shvn.com (Doug Bell)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:25:17 -0700
- Organization: FTL Games
- Message-ID: <dbell-1204961825170001@wholder2.cts.com>
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- David Christie <dc@netscape.com> wrote:
-
- > Rick DeNatale wrote:
- >
- > > Now if Java, which is effectively a poorly implemented stripped down
- > > version of Smalltalk with a C++ flavored syntax, and lacking a few
- > > important features (like block closures), can do the job, good for it. I
- > > have my doubts however, due to it being let out into the cold cruel world
- > > without all of the support it needs.
- >
- > I enjoyed you posting, Rick, and agreed with a lot of it, but I have to take
- > exception to that last paragraph.
- >
- > Java is not stripped down Smalltalk. It differs fundamentally by being
- > strongly typed. In that is much closer to C++, and not just syntactically.
- >
- > ...
- > [removed a long and well articulated dissertation on why Java is
- > appropriate for its target where others aren't]
- > ...
- >
- > --
- > David Christie Netscape Communications Corporation
- > dc@netscape.com 501 East Middlefield Road
- > 415-937-4407 Mountain View, CA 94043
-
- Very well stated. I agree with your entire post, except I guess it was
- too late at night when I read Rick's post to which you were responding
- 'cause I didn't particularly enjoy it and I've been defending that
- position ever since! :)
-
- Doug Bell
- dbell@shvn.com
-