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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized
Date: 1999/12/23
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In article <83sb2d$r1i$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
	Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:

>In article <wcc66xruh8n.fsf@world.std.com>,
>  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
>> Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>
>> Speaking of which, I've heard many people say that Java is
>just like
>> Ada, except that it uses C syntax.  That is nonsense, in my
>opinion:
>> Java inherits many error-prone "features" not present in Ada.
>
>
>Naturaly it goes without saying that it would be VERY useful
>if yoou could expand on the above statement :-)

I did not originate that assessment of Java.  I think it was
part of some other posting earlier.  It is now so far from the
source, nested within some other reply, that I am not sure of
its origins.  

Java is not "just like Ada" with C syntax.  According to Tucker,
he sees some Ada semantics in Java.   Although Java has tightened
up some of the problems associated with C syntax and eliminated
some of the ambiguities, it is still fundamentally C syntax. 

Richard Riehle