Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:12:53 -0800 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <20011030081253.D36195@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011030073149.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:31:49AM -0800 References: <3BDE6ED3.64DC027E@mindspring.com> <XFMail.011030073149.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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I'm curious, have any of you tried python? What are your opinions? I could not get past the fact that if I wrote a program in Java, I couldn't say so anywhere. All the Sun legalese put me off. Maybe its the attitude I've developed while running such a good OS, but I don't like playing the Sun vs MS game while I code. Thanks, [RC] On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:31:49AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 30-Oct-01 Terry Lambert wrote: > > John Baldwin wrote: > >> My personal peeve with C++ is that is a growth on teh side of C (although at > >> this point it's larger than C..) I prefer the way Java lays out code > >> (functions defined within the class, etc.). Unfortunately, the > >> implemenetations of Java running around aren't the speediest unless you are > >> running !FreeBSD. :-/ Granted, speed isn't needed for all things. > > > > Java has several problems: > > I still prefer it to C++'s problems. :) > > > 1) It can't do multiple inheritance > > Interfaces are like multiple inheritance of pure abstract classes and are > simpler to get right. > > > 2) You can instance classes without constructing them (the > > JavaMail API has a number of examples of this) > > So? > > > 3) Strong typing is for weak minds > > Or lazy ones. :) I wouldn't use Java for OS hacking, but for applications, > strong typing is more useful. > > > -- Terry > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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