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From: phinely@Hawaii.Edu (Peter Hinely)
Subject: Re: Apple Dylan discussions at WWDC
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Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 17:34:12 GMT
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In article <robtnoll-2505960933180001@robtnoll.pr.mcs.net>,
Robert A. Noll <robtnoll@mcs.com> wrote:
>In article <pnm-2305961601400001@tritanium.cs.rmit.edu.au>,
>pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Paul Big Ears Menon) wrote:
>
>> I then look at Java and shake my head in despair ..
>
>You people obviously have not taken the time to actually use Java.  There
>is nothing to despair about.  You all sound like all those who tried to
>hang on to Pascal when C and C++ started taking over.  Change is good.  

Java itself is trying to hang on to C/C++.  It's kind of like C++ with
bandaids.  The result is a language that is almost as inelegant as C/C++.

Obviously the people that frequent this newsgroup are looking for change.
They want something different than C/C++, believe that there are
alternative languages out there with different programming models that
have a lot to offer, and have the potential to perform well. Dylan is one
of those languages, but there are many others. 

