Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 01:24:02 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Cc: Doug Wellington <doug@sun1paztcn.wr.usgs.gov>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: JDK 1.02 Message-ID: <199608260824.BAA01670@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Aug 1996 09:16:16 %2B0900." <Pine.SV4.3.93.960826090231.6723F-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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>From The Desk Of Michael Hancock : > 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! I think that what attracts people to Java is not the language rather the cool things you can do with java on the web and also because it runs on win95 -- its resemblance to C++ is definitly a win . tcl got ported to win95 however I think that java is in better shape on win95 than tcl. tcl is okay however its lack of higher structures makes it a pain if you don't resort to itcl or one of the "object-oriented" packages for tcl. About three years ago , tcl could have rule the Net by way of "smart-agents" (safe-tcl + plus some extensions) . Is just that no one really felt like tackling the project. Both tcl/tk and java have made it a whole easier to create portable graphic apps : pull down windows , displaying images , etc... Hope that I make sense 8) Cheers, Amancio
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