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- From: wemccaug@prairienet.org (Wendy E. McCaughrin)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 00:37:40 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- In a previous article, vlad@gramercy.ios.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky) says:
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- >ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig) wrote:
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- >>In article <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com> tsikes@netcom.com (Terry Sikes) writes:
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- >>> For an interesting evangelical view, see JavaWorld's interview
- >>> with Kim Polese, former head of Java marketing at Sun:
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- >>> "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, because it is the best example of what a programming language should
- >>> be. It is an exemplary programming language. It has all the right features
- >>> in it, and it's very elegantly constructed and architected."
- >
- >>Of course, the head of Java marketing is expected to say things like this,
- >>whether or not the facts strictly justify them.
- >>--
- >I think, that people are too excited by Java (which is an interesting,
- >though an oversold language even if free).
- >Most people, who are saying that Java is going to replace C++ are
- >either interested in, what they say, financially or they simply don't
- >want to admit that they failed to master such a powerfull tool as C++
- >certainly is.
- >Now they are in process to fail to master Smalltalk, when they'll fail
- >to master Java, they will shout that Jave will be replaced by new
- >language called IceCream**.
- >*******************************************
- >* Vlastimil Adamovsky *
- >* Smalltalk, C++ and Envelop development *
- >*******************************************
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