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phinely@Hawaii.Edu (Peter Hinely) wrote:

>In article <4k3cdo$np5@taurus.adnc.com>, Terry Sikes <tsikes@netcom.com> wrote:
>>dshaker@samsara.smalltalk.com (Doug Shaker) wrote:
>>
>>For an interesting evangelical view, see JavaWorld's interview
>>with Kim Polese, former head of Java marketing at Sun:
>>
>>http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1996/jw-04-polese.html
>>
>>To quote in part (used without permission):
>>
>>"I would say just from a standpoint of programming language popularity, I
>>think Java is going to replace C++ and is boing to become the language that
>>university students learn when they sit down and write their first line of
>>code,

>That very well may be, but I think computer science departe departments
>are relatively conservative in their choice of teaching languages, and
>take quite a while to adopt a new teaching language.  Who knows... by the
>time Java is a mainstream language used in CS courses, there may be other
>newer languages that are the "hot-thing". 

I've certainly seen some posts from people starting university Java classes
now.  However, the point of this thread addresses the question "will Java
encroach on C++"?  If in fact it assumes major roles such as this, the
answer will be "yes" regardless of future developments.

>>because it is (Java) the best example of what a programming language should
>>be.  

>Puh-lease!

As I said: "interesting" and "evangelical".  What I found most interesting
was the "insider" view of how Sun is positioning Java.  It seems clear that
its viewed as much more than an "Internet" language.

>>It is an exemplary programming language.  

>Not!

As compared with say, C++?  ;-)

>>It has all the right features
>>in it, and it's very elegantly constructed and architected."
>>

>What about multiple inheritance?  Functions as first class objects?

MI is addressed adequately through the use of interfaces.  Whether functions
should be first class objects is open to some debate.

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