Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: MikeT
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:44

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ckann@seas.gwu.edu (Charles W. Kann) wrote:

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>You talk alot about Smalltalk, but isn't Smalltalk dynamically typed, and
>Java statically typed?  I think this would be a much bigger difference
>than anything else you have mentioned.  Many people perfer one or the
>other, but for my money, I would not like to live near a nuclear power
>plan which uses a dynamic typed language for anything.

I'd rather live near one that used Smalltalk than one using a
pointer-based language. Or fly on a plane instrumented by such a
language.

The proposition that statically/strongly typed languages are the best
way to get quality code would be laughable, if it hadn't foisted such
abominations like C/C++ upon us.

Mike

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Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:44:30 GMT
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