[1106] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Reynolds)
Fri Aug 18 20:33:44 1995
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:41:14 -0400
From: George Reynolds <george@dvcorp.com>
To: daemon@java.sun.com
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
>>
>> >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.
>>
>> You should switch to caffeinated coffee! :-)
>>
>> First, bytecode portability is not the only interesting thing about Java.
>> (In fact, I want an unportable native-code Java compiler.) Anyway,
>> Microsoft has been compiling C to bytecodes for years, so by your argument,
>> the disaster already happened.
>>
>> The point is that C++ has been flown into the ground, and we need a better
>> general-purpose language.
Who was on the plane and where did it hit?
You may not like C++ ... bully for you.
My problem with this thread is that most of the talk about Java
(starting with the opening page of the White Paper) is of the form:
C++ sucks
So lets repeat:
Whats the point of Java? And lets have an answer that does not mention C++.
George
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