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Date: | 2004-01-29 (04:17) |
From: | Brian Hurt <bhurt@s...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] ocaml killer |
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Martin Berger wrote: > > Java/the JVM is not a systems-programming language. Period. Oh, and > > I'll defend that against all comers. Difference is, though, if you > > wanna attack, I'll expect real examples, not the academic crap that > > most programming language theorists throw around. > > i'll have to defend my profession here: which working programming > language theorist proposes java as a "systems-programming language"? > most of them are busy researching concurrency or pointer arithmetic > these days. Supposedly Sun has an OS written in Java. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot cattle prod, myself. I'd rather use Pascal to write an OS (I'd shoot myself first in either case, it'd be less painfull). > > but i guess it depends what you mean by that "systems-programming > language". rather than attempting a definition (it's late here), i'll > point to C/C++ or Cyclone as examples. As a day-job systems programmers, throw C++ out of that group. Systems programming (device drivers, OSs, BIOSs, etc- things that beat directly on hardware) tends to be either C or assembly. See previous rant. -- "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford Brian ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners