Re: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!

In comp.databases.sybase Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.ml.org> wrote: : In article <ptuV.154$Tf3.3407886@news.ipass.net>, : David Sisk <davesisk@ipass.net> wrote: :>This is just my opinion, but there's only two kinds of Java: Microsoft's :>and everyone else's. In my opinion, Microsoft will lose this battle, and :>the Java spec owned by Sun (and endorsed by the rest of the computing :>vendors) will become the de facto standard. The biggest differences at this :>point are the JVM's for each platform, not the language itself (with the :>exception of Microsoft). The JVM's are 2-3 times better now than they were :>a year ago, and you should expect this trend to continue. All this is :>merely my opinion, though. Java is too technically correct not to succeed :>at the level that C++ has (not as a "trendy" language like Powerbuilder, :>Visual Basic, SQLWindows, etc.) : Many things have been technically correct, and haven't succeeded, so no one : ever hears about them. Technical superiority may be a hindrance. Never : underestimate the power of the dark side, Luke. : I (unfortunately, because I think the guy's manner is making linux et al look : bad) have to agree with gold_bag that there are much better ways to program : than writing entire applications in C++. Check out April's issue of Object magazine "Object Front" column, interview with Bjarne Stroustrup about Java and C++. Some interesting comments from someone who knows a bit about writing in an OO language.