Re: "That's the way the market is going"

[jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)]

In article <dewar.861231283@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:

> John said
> 
> <<<<Contrary to the lemming hearted hoards,  C++ is out, Java is in.  These
>...
> expertice.  Often the choice of language is more a matter of psychology
> than technology.>>
> 
> If this is true, it just goes to show, in a rather dramatic manner, tha
> the issue of what language is "in" or "out" has very little to do with
> what language is usable or desirable in what situation.

Absolutely.  I would have thought that this is general knowledge.


> The fact of the matter is that we still do not have a clear
> demonstration that it is possible to write large scale software in
> Java with the available tools. The Corel demo is hardly convincing!

I can vouch for this from both first hand experience and direct second
hand information...  Things are very unstable in Java land at the
moment.  What with the AWT maybe being junked and redone altogether,
among other things, the situation is like tring to get a grip on a
handful of mercury.

/Jon

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