On Jan 15, 2008 9:34 AM, Darren New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gus Wirth wrote: > > The programmers of the future won't be using languages that have > > pointers. Look at Java, Python, Perl, TCL/TK (Hi Lan!), PHP, Javascript, > > Erlang, Haskell, Ruby, and many of the other new and experimental > > languages coming out. NONE of the new languages have pointers. > > Errr, no. Python, Java, Javascript and Ruby all have pointers. Probably > erlang as well, but I don't know that one yet, and possibly Perl for > some meaning of the word "pointer". Not Haskell or Tcl, because they're > both value-only languages, in essence. > > Also lacking pointers: FORTRAN, COBOL, APL. :-) Seeing a pattern here? > > -- > Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST) > It's not feature creep if you put it > at the end and adjust the release date. > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg >
Perl has references, but I'm not exactly sure if they're just like C pointers. I didn't know Java had pointers! So, what's the problem with Java schools if the exact same curriculum can be taught with Java as can be done with C. I'm now under the impression that Java pointers are somehow different than C. Since I don't know Java, I'm a tad clueless... -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA http://www.linkedin.com/in/markschoonover http://marksitblog.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
