Re: Eiffel and Java

[xelph@acm.org (Jean-Michel P. Decombe)]

In article <550sm2$sn1@buggy.news.easynet.net>, Sacha@easynet.fr (Vincent
WEBER) wrote:

> different). So... Why don't Eiffel and Java merge ?? Maybe it would be a grat 

I believe that Java is not the death of other languages. Java demonstrates
that it's possible to write a language which is really
platform-independent and "distributed". Nothing prevents Meyer from
writing a new version of Eiffel, totally portable and based on a Virtual
Machine, then port this VM on a large number of platforms, including a
JITC, etc. With the promise of a true platform-independent language, I'm
sure a good number of people would be willing to try it, including myself.
The only problem that remains would be a possible inclusion of this VM in
major browsers. But I believe most browsers will become very customizable
and won't be restricted to Java in the future, plus they will eventually
merge in the OS anyway...

Java is just the beginning of a new era, but it's certainly not the
language who will necessarily win in the end. For now, it's the only one
to do what it does, thus it's the "current" winner...

Xelph

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