Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 09:16:16 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Doug Wellington <doug@sun1paztcn.wr.usgs.gov> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: JDK 1.02 Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960826090231.6723F-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <9608241836.AA04073@sun1paztcn.wr.usgs.gov>
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On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Doug Wellington wrote: > those three languages... So, my point is, Java isn't anything special, > it's just neutered C++, Perl, Python and TCL... We already have all these > other tools, they're stable and established, and free! Java is different. My favorite languages are C, Java, and Python. One thing that I like about Java is that it is like C, but very well specified. It's a strongly typed language and the basic types are specified to the byte count, so an integer on a PC is the same as an integer on a Dec Alpha, etc. If the language is well-specified and good implementations follow, then even if people come up with different tweaks in their libraries then it should be very portable. As far as my other favorite languages are concerned, I like C with all its warts - well, just because. Python is cool for doing some quick CGI and also when I get tired of dealing with types. Regards, Mike
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