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: 109fba,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a640,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a640,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f79bb,953e1a6689d791f6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf79bb,public From: xelph@acm.org (Jean-Michel P. Decombe) Subject: Re: Eiffel and Java Date: 1996/10/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 192653317 references: <550sm2$sn1@buggy.news.easynet.net> organization: XELPH x-netcom-date: Sun Oct 27 11:05:16 PM CST 1996 newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.sather,comp.object,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.clos,fr.comp.objet Date: 1996-10-27T23:05:16-06:00 List-Id: In article <550sm2$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 ___________________________________________ geo:1705 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 phone:415/327-9563 - fax:415/327-3328 mailto:xelph@acm.org - http://xelph.com/