From: Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au>
Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized
Date: 1999/12/14
Date: 1999-12-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38561D9A.70B61403@acenet.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrn85ae23.1aa.aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk
Aidan Skinner wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:06:54 GMT, reason67@my-deja.com
> <reason67@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >You have the freedom to choose to use Java under the
> >restrictions put on it by Sun.
In that sense, just about anything is free!
> One of the major things about Ada that I prefer over Java is that it's
> standardised, and that that standard is freely available.
> - Aidan (who would, frankly, be lost without the LRM and refers to it
> more often than any of his text books)
Me too.
But Java is standardised too.
There is a language specification for the core language.
The libraries are extensively documented, so that can be considered
a standard. And of course, the JVM has a standard.
All of these standards are freely available on the net.
Does it really matter whether they are Sun standards or ISO standards?
I agree it affects who has power over the language, but in either case
that power doesn't lie with me!
I have lots of reasons for preferring Ada over Java,
ISO standardisation is a long way down the list.
Cheers
Geoff
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-09 0:00 The revolution will not be standardized Ted Dennison
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-13 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-13 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull [this message]
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Greg Martin
1999-12-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-21 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-01-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-12-23 0:00 ` gnat 3.12 Michael Ben-Gershon
1999-12-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-15 0:00 ` The revolution will not be standardized Ted Dennison
1999-12-14 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-14 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
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