begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 03:30:09AM -0700: > > On Apr 11, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > >That's not to say that if you can program C, you can write _good_ Java > >programs... > > You're being more optimistic than I am. I am not even assuming that > a C programmer could necessarily write good *C* programs. Ah, I see where you're going.
> However, I would stand by my statement that if you can program in C, > you can program in Java. > > In fact, I would probably even posit that you can program in Java and > *not* be able to program in C. I'm not sure I would ever want to have the job of maintaining such code... but yeah. > Java does not require that you ever > throw pointers around--C does. That first indirection is generally > the thing which sends 90% of CS folks back to liberal arts. Which is odd, because keeping track of that consists mainly of being able to draw pictures.... :) -Stewart "Pascal + assembly should prepare one for C" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
