Calling something "like C++" is a terrible thing to do.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Frederic Simon <[email protected]>wrote:

> I think Java is more like C, and Scala like C++:
> - C is the base workhorse of low level modules (close to the metal - all
> the metal there is)
> - Java is the base workhorse of the JVM (close to the bytecode)
> - C++ is an OO layer on top of C (that will disappear slowly as an
> historical aberration)
> - Scala is a functional layer on top of Java/JVM (that wil .... :)
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> I think your scala hobbying is leaking through a bit too much, Dick.
>>
>> Okay, scala might be an interesting take on a future java. In what
>> possible universe does this mean 'let's just leave java as is and do
>> no more work on it' is the appropriate thing to do? You yourself
>> compared java to C++ which is still adding major new features, and
>> it's got a loooong headstart on java.
>>
>>
>>
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