Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:27:21 -0600 (CST) From: Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com> To: nate@mt.sri.com Cc: chuckr@mat.net, bsletten@nova.org, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AOUT/ELF Message-ID: <14045.53729.309237.446025@avalon.east> References: <Pine.SO4.4.04.9903031623380.28616-100000@members.fcac.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903031626030.325-100000@picnic.mat.net> <199903032136.OAA14551@mt.sri.com>
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Quoth Nate Williams on Wed, 3 March: : My only fear is that jikes will become less useful as a 'java' : compiler. Because it is open-source, there have already been a number : of requests to 'extend' Java language with new (useful) features. : : Unfortunately, as we've seen with gcc, the resulting 'language' is no : longer 'C', and is instead 'Gnu-C'. : : Fortunately, the IBM guys have been good about rejecting such changes, : but I think it's only a matter of time before it diverges into a new : language. Pizza is a different language, Generic Java is a different language. These are Good Things. Hopefully someone with more time than me will add type complex and multi-dimensional arrays so that with a good compiler back-end Java will be fast like f77. Just think -- all that fortran code can go the way of cobol at last! And multiple inheritance, so as to allow mixin-style: Whee, I'd be so happy! And while I'm completely off-topic, did you know that Microsoft recently was awarded a patent for butt straps? I kid you not! http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05819372__&language=en Okay, I'll go take my medicine now. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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