[1134] in java-interest
Re: what is wrong with an answer that has C++ sucks in it?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Geary)
Wed Aug 23 18:17:17 1995
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:12:07 +0700
From: David.Geary@Central.Sun.COM (David Geary)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
> From daemon@java Sat Aug 19 22:24 MDT 1995
> If you're happy with C++, bully for you.
>
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> I know Java isn't the only language that has these (and other)
> features. In fact, Java really only invented a couple new approaches
> to problems. And C++ might even have a few of these features as well.
> The reason "C++ sucks" is a reasonable answer is that (1) it sucks,
Ah, that explains it.
> (2) most people doing object oriented programming are doing it in C++
> and not liking it. The nicest thing I have ever heard said about C++
> is that it's better than C.
Well, let's see. I'm doing C++ development with Rogue Wave's Tools.h++
and ViewKit's Motif Application Framework.
Will life be much better for me if I move to Java? Will I have access to
a robust and well tested/documented class library like Tools.h++? Will I have
a host of application frameworks to choose from that simplify my life from
a GUI perspective?
I'm still trying to find out the answers to these and other questions.
It's interesting to me that _nobody_ has answered my inquiry into the
'suitability of Java for developing standalone apps', while everyone seems
intent to flame C++.
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