[1075] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip R Brenan)
Fri Aug 18 00:45:07 1995
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 21:04:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: Philip R Brenan <phil@bga.com>
To: Walter Smith <wrs@newton.apple.com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <v02130503ac593b2aae96@[17.205.6.60]>
What is the point of Java? Its most unique point, byte code portability,
will surely be adopted by C++ compiler as soon as Java proves whether it
is worthwhile. After 40 odd years of compiler development, it seems a bit
late in the day to design yet another compiled language. From this point
of view the question of overloaded operators becomes moot: they are in
C++, C++ will doubtlessly adopt any unique, worthwhile features of Java,
Java will then either have to become compatible with C++ or die, hence Java
will contain over loaded operators.
RIP: Cobol, PLI, Algol68.
Phil
http://www.realtime.net/~phil
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