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- From: David N. Smith <dnsmith@watson.ibm.com>
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- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 17:27:00 GMT
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- In article <4krgrk$cit@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Dogmat, dogmat@aol.com
- writes:
-
- >I ran this on Smalltalk and actually got back
- >Fractions! Big deal? Yes, perhaps the most intensely profound programming
- >result I've ever experienced. Sorry if this sounds wierd, but spend your
- >life in Numerical Methods and Matrices and forever having to deal with
- >roundoff and you would understand.
-
- You're not alone. I understand fully. (But then I used to be a FORTRAN
- programmer long ago...)
-
- Dave
-
- "If you're not making waves, you're not rowing."
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