From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: An interesting quote on Java and C++
Date: 1997/09/12
Date: 1997-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EGErAD.2G9@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.97Sep11205510@alexandria.organon.com
>In article <dewar.873953246@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>
>> iRobert Duff said
>>
>> <<>Surely you're not saying that Ada (as is) meets the goals of Java>>
>>
>> Certainly not, the goal of Java is to make money for Sun
Granted.
I must say, though, that any damage to the theoretical portability of
the Java standard, caused by implementations of Java disobeying that
standard (by accident or on purpose), seems to damage Sun's ultimate
goal, here. Sun's competitor(s) of course have every incentive to
produce so-called Java implementations that have nice little extensions
and other "minor" differences.
>>... (it's not really
>> meeting its goal very well yet :-)
- Bob
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1997-09-03 0:00 An interesting quote on Java and C++ Nasser
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
[not found] ` <01bcb881$915526a0$d7000064@sim01.amst.co.at>
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Joachim Schroeer
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
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1997-09-25 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-26 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-10-07 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-11-19 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-10-08 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-10-09 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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