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Terry Sikes (tsikes@netcom.com) wrote:

: I'd agree that Java probably won't "kill" other languages.  After all,
: lots of programming is still done in COBOL and FORTRAN 77.  =)  However,
: it will make very significant inroads where other languages are being
: used now.  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, because it is the best example of what a programming language should
: be.  It is an exemplary programming language.  It has all the right features
: in it, and it's very elegantly constructed and architected."

This is a huge exaggeration. Java is decent and nicer than C++ in
many ways, but falls very short of being an 

	"exemplary programming language"

and being

	"very elegantly constructed and architected."

There are existing empirical examples of other langauges which I find
quite superior to Java in these respects and yet I wouldn't even call them
"exemplary".


: From other portions of the discussion its apparent that Sun is busily
: addressing the two areas where Java needs the most work, i.e. performance
: and the overly restrictive security model.

These are JVM issues.  What about real Java langauge issues?

: Have a good day!