Gus, On Jan 15, 2008 3:24 PM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Darren New 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. > > Please explain your concept of a pointer. To me it is a reference to a > memory location like in C. As a programmer you can abuse it at will. > None of the languages I mentioned meet that definition. Then Perl meets that definition. > > > > Also lacking pointers: FORTRAN, COBOL, APL. :-) Seeing a pattern here? > > No. Should I contact Mensa? > > Gus > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg > -- 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
