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Vlastimil Adamovsky wrote:

> I think, that people are too excited by Java (which is an interesting,
> though an oversold language even if free).
> Most people, who are saying that Java is going to replace C++ are
> either interested in, what they say, financially or they simply don't
> want to admit that they failed to master such a powerfull tool as C++
> certainly is.

I agree with this setiment whole-heartedly! I recently interviewed a
graduating cs major, who claimed to be 'very good' with C programming.
This naturally led me to probe into his knowledge of dynamic memory
allocation, because mastery of dynamic memory is what seperates good
programmers from bad ones in C.

My first question was 'show me how to allocate an array of pointers to
strings'. His response was, 'huh?'. After asking a few more questions
it turned out he understood dynamic memory not at all. Amazing to me
how you could get through a CS program in todays world without learning
linked lists, hash tables, b trees, ad nauseum. But so it was.

There are, of course, many working professionals out there who use C
but really don't understand dynamic memory. Maybe JAVA is for them. The
dumb-down language of the 90's.

Joe.