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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Java Risks (Was: Ada News Brief - 96-05-24
Date: 1996/06/06
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Date: 1996-06-06T00:00:00+00:00
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I think it is important not to borrow ideas that seem attractive without
doing quite a bit of research to make sure that the idea is reasonable.
The complaint that the C++ design is out of control and/or is designed
by committee may be appealing to Ada fans, but just remember that lots
of people make the same (unjustified) comments about Ada.

In fact I think that in this regard the development of the two languages
is rather similar, with a strong central design, influenced, as is 
certainly appropriate, by community input, but certainly not dicated
by this input.