Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: madler
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 21:17

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In <313613B2.136E@ksopk.sprint.com> Eric Williams wrote:
" Overloaded operators are just methods... you can implement identical
" functionality using "regular" methods.

No you can't, since operators have varying levels of precedence, methods 
don't.  An arithmetic expression with just a few operations written using 
methods is completely unreadable.  It looks like LISP.

mark

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From: madler@alumni.caltech.edu
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Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
Date: 29 Feb 1996 21:17:17 GMT
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