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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE / CORBA / C++ a historical viewpoint
From:       Steve Hutton <shutton () bellsouth ! net>
Date:       1999-09-18 7:22:24
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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Bavo De Ridder wrote:

> For those of you who still think Java is a naive unusable language:
> 
> In Java Platform 2 (aka JDK 1.2) the language has matured to an industrial
> strength language. Generics (templates in C++) are currently under development
> in Sun and they will be added in the next (major) version of Java.
> 
> But Java is a memory hog and is slow: yes, that's true ... if you are using a
> virtual machine. Gcc has a Java frontend in development: gcj. I strongly
> believe this will be the solution to the above mentioned problems with Java.
> The language itself is very good. It is the vm that is the bad thing.
> 
> <epiloge>
> When gcj becomes fully functional (in less then 4-6 months) and usable (I still
> have to test) I will proba	bly switch to Java and abandon C++ entirely.
> C++ was nice, I will always remember it ... :-)

Hmm...so gcj is the latest Java silver bullet?  4-6 months?  Sorry for being
cynical, but I have been hearing about how Java will be fast RSN for three
years and counting. :-)

Steve

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