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Re: How much did C+@ influence Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Wed Jun 7 15:03:04 1995
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 11:51:01 -0700
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: korp@athens.dis.anl.gov
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Peter,
> I think I have a pretty good idea what the answer is but here goes anyway:
>
> For those of you that don't read comp.lang.c++ a poster is alluding to the
> fact that a copy of the C+@ language was seen by Java designers and helped
> to influence the design of Java.
>
> Would anyone want to comment on the veracity of such remarks.
I've heard about it but I've never seen it. I don't think it influenced
the design of Java at all. Any similarties are purely coincidental B^)
Actually, we've heard from other projects that were developing
languages very similar to Java. Some of them are now using Java
instead.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff (avh@eng.sun.com)
http://java.sun.com/people/avh/
Sun Microsystems Inc, M/S UPAL02-301,
100 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94301, USA
Tel: +1 415 473 7242, Fax: +1 415 473 7104
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