Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: Mark VanTassel
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 19:43

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linden@positive.eng.sun.com (Peter van der Linden) wrote:

>My personal belief is that C++ has peaked and will now go into a steady
>decline.   But lets see some metrics proposed for measuring this.
>Everyone's got an opinion ;-)

I don't have any metrics, per se - just an observation that "C" had
remained "king of the hill" for several decades, refusing to be budged
by any of DOZENS of "new and improved" languages...

...until C++ came along.  C++ is now "king of the hill", and I have to
point out that it's statistically unlikely that language "X" (X=Java,
in this case) will overthrow it. Oh, I'm sure it'll happen eventually,
but the odds are that C++ will survive nearly anything thrown at it
(as if languages were contestants in a game called "global
domination"!!!)

- /\/\ark \/anTassel (mvantassel@teambca.com)

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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 19:43:38 GMT
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