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In article <31017267.37BACA29@mindspring.com>, Damir Smitlener
<damir@mindspring.com> wrote:


‰Funny you should say that; I came across a Java-based spreadsheet thingy the
‰other day. :-)

A quote from MacTech: "Q: How easy is it to go from c/c++ to Java? A: It
is very easy. One of the Java team's stated objectives was to keep the
language familiar to the majority of programmers. Java's expression syntax
is the same as C's and it incorporates the key object-oriented features of
C++. This was done to give programmers a common reference point when
porting their skills to Java. And, from our perspective, Java provides
most of the power of C++ with none of the pain. This was achieved by
avoiding those "features" of C++ which, while providing tremendous power
for those "in the know," are a source of tremendous complexity and
befuddlement for most programmers. In particualar there are two potential
pitfalls in C++ that Java avoids: raw pointers and multiple inheritance.
In place of pointers, Java provides true type-safe arrays and strings, as
well as runtime type-checked dynamic casting."

In other words... if you know how to program in C you can use Java... and
don't think mac programmers will not make a "Java-based spreadsheet" as
well.
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