[5419] in java-interest
Re: Microsoft's Java-Killer! (VBScript)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Guillory)
Thu Feb 8 11:44:35 1996
From: guillory@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Stan Guillory)
To: insite@interramp.com (damion jl hankeh)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:23:51 -0600 (CST)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199602080718.CAA21172@smtp2.interramp.com> from "damion jl hankeh" at Feb 8, 96 02:18:52 am
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> >Java complex? This is the first time I have seen this
> >stated anywhere, and I spend at least 1 hour per day
> >reading about the language. Java is simple and can be
> >learnt very quickly by anyone with a grasp of C. It is
> >simpler than C by specification.
Java is a strongly typed, general purpose programming language.
In my experience teaching C and C++, that makes it "complex".
Obviously complex is a relative term. But I do NOT envision
non-programmers becoming java wizards unless they obtain the
training in logic and problem solving that general purpose
programming languages require.
> Thank you, Greg. The C++ to Java leap is a short one.
Agreed. But if you have no programming experience, then the
Java leap is HUGE.
> Damion jl Hankeh
Stanford S. Guillory
Technical Lead, NCSA Mosaic for Windows
NCSA Software Development Group
guillory@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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