Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: Peter Hinely
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 16:35

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In article <4ke3fa$ti5@zk2nws.zko.dec.com>,
Alexander Goykhman USG  <goykhman@zk3.dec.com> wrote:
>vlad@gramercy.ios.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky) wrote:
>
>	There is no need to "master" C++, or any other programming
>	language for that matter, unless one's job is to design 
>        a compiler for that language.  
>
>	Instead, one should strive to master a programming paradigm 
>        (i.e. OOP), and then only use those language constructs that 
>        happen to support it.
>
>

That sounds silly to me.  OOP is a broad area and can mean a lot of
different things.  As I understand it, methods and classes are not
first-class objects in Java.  Therefore, those Java language constructs
don't fit the "OOP paradigm", and according to your statement, I shouldn't
use them if I want to master OOP.

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