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Article #2546Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
From: Marc E. Fiuczynski
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 20:48
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 20:48
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cs241@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster) wrote: >In article <DFIrI3.K5M@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, >Marc E. Fiuczynski <mef@cs.washington.edu> wrote: >| Viet-Trung Luu <vluu@napier.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: >| >The Modula-n programming languages are pretty good. However, they suffer >| >in their Pascal heritage. The C-type syntax is much more concise and >| >consistent (no flames please). > >[snip] > >| What exactly are you after? An improved syntax? How about Modula-3 with a C syntax? > >Isn't Java supposed to be like this? Safe, yet C-like? >-- >------------------------------------------------------------- > Carsten Whimster CS241 Tutor MC1021 x6657 cs241@cayley >------------------------------------------------------------- You got it. Well sort of. I don't think that Java has unsigned longs (or was that signed). Someone had a tough time implementing MD5 in Java, because it was missing this feature. This is just a nit pick. Java is still evolving and I'm sure that it will have all the basic programming features. I just started to read some papers on ALEF, which is the PLAN9 C-like programming language. Any users of this language care to share their anecdotes. Marc
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