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: 10cbb9,3cebfd37aa1c15f X-Google-Attributes: gid10cbb9,public X-Google-Thread: fed41,3cebfd37aa1c15f X-Google-Attributes: gidfed41,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,4debb16365763a2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: f635e,3cebfd37aa1c15f X-Google-Attributes: gidf635e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ba8c2dc450da2a0c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 100607,3cebfd37aa1c15f X-Google-Attributes: gid100607,public X-Google-Thread: 1156c9,3cebfd37aa1c15f X-Google-Attributes: gid1156c9,public From: karma@usnet.us.net Subject: Re: OpenDoc for Java coming... Date: 1996/02/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 140958802 references: <4g9rakINNgki@titan.oit.umass.edu> <4gdi9r$4go@epx.cis.umn.edu> <312A9FD1.156E@attila.stevens-tech.edu> organization: US Net newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior,comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <312A9FD1.156E@attila.stevens-tech.edu>, Burak Bayramli wrote: > > You are forgetting the fact there is immense support behind Java. This > support isn't without reasons, it's there because Java gave programmers > something that other programming languages lacked. Actually a couple of > things: Support for concurrency at language level, packages(namespaces if you > like) and most important no more C++ gotchas. What about Ada9x? It is much better than C++. Unfortunately the DoD doesnot promote this language as much as it should. Most real-time systems and mission critical systems use Ada (e.g. Software for Airplane Flight Management Systems, Air-Traffic Control Systems etc.) Perhaps Apple should fund the development of an Ada9x compiler for the PowerMac and the 68k Mac, just as it funded/supported the porting of Linux to PowerMacs.