Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 01:11:47 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <3BDE6ED3.64DC027E@mindspring.com> References: <XFMail.011029134349.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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: 1) It can't do multiple inheritance 2) You can instance classes without constructing them (the JavaMail API has a number of examples of this) 3) Strong typing is for weak minds -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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