Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: David N. Smith
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:27

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In article <4krgrk$cit@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Dogmat, dogmat@aol.com
writes:

>I ran this on Smalltalk and actually got back
>Fractions! Big deal? Yes, perhaps the most intensely profound programming
>result I've ever experienced. Sorry if this sounds wierd, but spend your
>life in Numerical Methods and Matrices and forever having to deal with
>roundoff and you would understand.

You're not alone. I understand fully. (But then I used to be a FORTRAN
programmer long ago...)

Dave

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