[931] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MikeDacon@aol.com)
Tue Aug 15 17:48:02 1995
From: MikeDacon@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 14:14:18 -0400
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Tako writes,
>>>
I don't understand you guys at all! It's not as if *your* programs would be
any worse off for just having a feature built into the language!
And as for other people's programs, you're basically telling them "you can't
use that feature because I don't like it".
<<<
The issue is not based upon like or dislike. The issue is the danger of
complexity. Complexity in the language slows down ports to other systems,
slows down the development of third party products and can definitely slow
down maintenance and understanding of existing code.
As far as like or dislike - I also *like* operator overloading. I also very
much like pointers (having written 2 books on them). Both features I will
gladly give up to have a simple, robust and RELIABLE language that gives us a
greater percentage of reliable applications.
Simplicity aids reliability.
- Mike
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