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Article #285Re: Advice to Java proponents (was Re: Will Java kill C++?)
From: Anon
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 16:30
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 16:30
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Doug Bell wrote: > > In article <1996Apr11.184145.17550@slc.com>, aland@servio.slc.com (Alan > Darlington) wrote: > > > Todd Hoff <tmh@possibility.com> writes: > > > Why is there no portable standard? > > > > The Smalltalk language is completely portable among all major > > vendors and platforms. (Alright, there are - or were - a few minor > > gotchas like declaring local variables inside blocks, but compared > > to C and C++, this is nothing. Also, the new standards will > > eventually take care of this.) What really kills portability in > > Smalltalk is the differences in class libraries, and C++ certainly > > shares this problem. :-( > > Just curious...is there an ANSI standard for Smalltalk? Seems like it's > been around long enough that there should be. > > Doug Bell > dbell@shvn.com There is an on-going fast-track ANSI committee for Smalltalk. There should be a standard soon. <grin> That notwithstanding, Smalltalk is already *extremely* compatible between vendors. Colin Phillips
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.prestech.net!phil@prestech.net From: @oti.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Advice to Java proponents (was Re: Will Java kill C++?) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:30:54 -0700 Organization: Object Technology International Inc. Message-ID: <3173CB3E.1F8@oti.com> References: <31684F33.2528@ibm.net> <denatale-0804960926250001@grail1213.nando.net> <316D09A4.7A92@possibility.com> <1996Apr11.184145.17550@slc.com> <dbell-1104961418580001@wholder2.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ottawa.oti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (Win95; I)