From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "James Giles" Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java? Date: 1998/01/30 Message-ID: <6ata2u$ctr@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 320665764 References: <6at330$7uj$1@mainsrv.main.nc.us> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: scott@softbase.com wrote in message <6at330$7uj$1@mainsrv.main.nc.us>...>Over the past 10 years, programming as an activity has >pulled itself up by its bootstraps and has created layers >to manage complexity. One person can't know it *all* anymore, >because there's too much to know. You could write COM objects >in ASM, but it would be ridicuously complex. To the extent that these layers actually manage complexity they have been of use. To a great extent, however, they have introduced unnecessary complexities of their own. Indeed, it is to the interest of companies developing and selling these layered systems and environments to do just that. -- J. Giles Ricercar Software