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Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: Curt Springer
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 16:48
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In article <4jr7gf$dc6@nyheter.chalmers.se>, ei39594@ios.chalmers.se says...

[...]

>BTW, I have using C/C++ the past 5-6 years. NOTHING will replace a 
>language like this since you can do EVERYTHING in C (e.i. VERY low level 
>stuff).
[...]
>Arash

Yeah, EVERYTHING, like setting pointers beyond the ends of arrays.

Seriously, what low-level stuff (don't talk about multiple inheritance) is in 
c/c++ and not in Java that _you_ _need_ (not _want_) to do, in real life?  
How many people are there in the same situation?  What percentage of the 
population are you?

--Curt
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From: curt_springer@hms.med.harvard.edu (Curt Springer)
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