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Re: [suse-programming-e] Java 1.5 generics
  • From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:35:03 -0800
  • Message-id: <200503111235.03222.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Jerry,

On Friday 11 March 2005 11:49, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> ...
>
> This is true, but we were talking about Java Generics, which is
> effectively the Java version of the C++ Templates.

This is a adequate characterization if you're taking the
"five-mile-high" perspective. On the ground dealing with details,
they're very, very different things with different strengths and
weaknesses. There are plenty of people who wish, as I do, Java had
taken a more C++-like approach.


> Time for someone to invent a new language :-)

Yes and no. We don't need another language in the spirit of Simula /
C++ / Java. Perhaps something the integrates AOP with OOP would be a
logical next step.


> --
> Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>


Randall Schulz

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