> I'm sorry Casper, that's not a darn good question. i think it is a gosh darn good question Casper ;-), because it goes to the rather obvious similarities between the two languages and runtimes -and more importantly to the fantasy that they are radically different
Weiqi Gao's list of languages that are NOT statically typed, pointerless, object oriented, with single inheritance and single dispatch -rather does highlight the similarities between java and c# -thanks :-) >>We should definitely NOT merge C# and Java,<< i'm not suggesting anyone *should* merge them -but rather that perhaps they inevitably *will* merge, like a couple of big corporations that duke it out, until one day when the market has moved on and competition is biting -people realise that well, we really are on the same page after all -maybe not even merge, but just one day be regarded as pepsi and coke -or just cola- in a world that has moved on to drinking designer prune juice the force that keeps java and c# apart is interesting -partly corporate, partly philiofossical, but largely tribalism -and no, perhaps not a bad thing (hence my reservations about mixing the two environments because the very existence of separate cultures is rather nice) again -take a long view -C# is doing the heavy lifting right now, implementing experimental stuff like linq that will take its toll on the language, and inevitably cripple c# with backwards compatibility restrictions, -about then would be a good time for son-of-java (literally in many cases! -hopefully daughter of java in others which might do more for language wars than anything technical) Pete F microsoft kool-aid drinker, sometimes user of WINE, and longtime posse listener who just can't bring himself to listen to a podcast with a name like Dot Net Rocks (look out!, i'm pushing your tribalism buttons) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
