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Article #1196Re: Weird Idea: Applying the "JAVA principle"...
From: Doug Danforth
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 16:15
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 16:15
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In <224676F7H000D1F62H@p.froehlich.amc.cube.net> p.froehlich@amc.cube.net (Peter Froehlich) writes: > Note that I don't propose to really change the language at all, just >it's appearance. NO! This is exactly one reason why I prefer Oberon to C/C++. I can read Oberon. I can't read C/C++ (although I have worked with the languages for more than 3 years). I much prefer "PROCEDURE f" to "void f(void)". This attachment to form is deeper than just appearance since the pattern recognition process is directly mapped into the thought processes of program design. I'd say its like asking a Frenchman to speak English (were not really changing the language only its appearance)! -Doug -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas G. Danforth danforth@csli.stanford.edu Visiting Scholar (415)723-2487 x332 vox Applied Speech Technology Lab (415)725-2166 fax Center for the Study of Language and Information Ventura Hall Stanford University, Stanford CA. 94305-4115 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!Turing.Stanford.EDU!danforth From: danforth@Turing.Stanford.EDU (Doug Danforth) Newsgroups: comp.lang.oberon Subject: Re: Weird Idea: Applying the "JAVA principle"... Date: 25 Mar 1996 08:15:55 -0800 Organization: Stanford University Message-ID: <danforth.827770152@Turing.Stanford.EDU> References: <224676F7H000D1F62H@p.froehlich.amc.cube.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: turing.stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV)