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Article #252Re: Will Java kill C++?
From: Peter van der Linden
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 03:22
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 03:22
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Andrew Koenig <ark@research.att.com> wrote: > why aren't you agitating for a name-mangling standard in C? > Name mangling is a potential problem there too. It may be a potential problem, but name mangling isn't an actual problem in C. Names either don't get mangled, or everyone mangles them the same trivial way. Name-mangling in C++ was a grotesque hack (like having the compiler implemented as a C-preprocessor). It provided a compiler 4 months sooner, and set the language back five years. Let's try and face up to the deficiencies of C++. Not say "well C might be just as bad". When we admit the deficiencies of C++, we can start to look for something better. No programming language is perfect, let's just try to make them monotonically better. -- \ Peter van der Linden linden@eng.sun.com \ No shoes, no shirt? No software. \ http://www.best.com/~pvdl <---- Java powered.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!positive.Sun.COM!linden From: linden@positive.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++? Date: 15 Apr 1996 03:22:35 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation Message-ID: <4ksfdr$bhh@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <4kn3c4$1ggc@piglet.cc.uic.edu> <Dpt0FD.Et4@research.att.com> <4ks0c8$jte@piglet.cc.uic.edu> <DpvsE5.2HC@research.att.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: positive.eng.sun.com