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- From: John M McIntosh <johnmci@ibm.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 10:44:31 -0700
- Organization: Smalltalk Consulting
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- Jan Steinman wrote:
- > Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the biggest ST fans around, but I wouldn't
- > suggest it for serious number-crunching, unless you're doing infinite
- > precision math, in which case it does okay -- not fabulous, but not bad.
- >
- > Smalltalk's strength is productivity -- its run-time is usually "fast
- > enough." Don't use a hammer to drive screws!
-
- Jan, I think you didn't clarify that that in Smalltalk you have number
- objects like:
-
- 9347592375907230957230945702397395729472947294757092374902388
-
- or Fractions:
-
- 230948729479/937593759272
-
- or Decimals:
-
- 924879274.9265924792s
-
- Nice to have when you need them. It does make the Class library bigger, but
- it sure beats having to create these numeric objects as part of your project
- when you need them.
-
- Is it FAST? er perhaps. But I think you'll get an answer back before you can
- code up a CORRECT version in Java/C/C++ Support issues are Vendor problems,
- not yours, another bonus.
-
-
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- John M McIntosh
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