On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 16:54, Jeff Schnitzer wrote: > > From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Are you just talking about creating a new language, or what? What is > your > > idea? I cannot tell. > > That's a good question, and ultimately one which would be determined by > the constraints of the technology. Prototyping would probably involve > using an existing language and platform, and maybe we would ultimately > discover that it is possible to build a system like this on top of a JVM > (or CLR). My suspicion is that it is not, and may be undesirable for > legal reasons anyways. > > The later part of my diatribe was a hastily phrased way of approaching > this subject: > > Unless you want to go back to the dark ages of C++, the future is > shaping up to look like a choice between writing for the Sun platform or > the Microsoft platform. This does not make me comfortable, especially > considering that Sun's approach to Java so far has been *wholly* > anathema to the principals of Open Source. At least Microsoft has > submitted C# and the CLI to ECMA. Quoth Jon: *WAKE UP PEOPLE* >
I'm kinda interested in this: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/ -Andy > I am tantalized by the idea of a third choice: the Apache platform. I > propose a discussion of just what that might be. > > Jeff Schnitzer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- www.superlinksoftware.com www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
