Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 10:09:06 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java vs. SNOBOL4 Message-ID: <3C865B42.ED79FF0@mindspring.com> References: <3C857080.44C5236B@mindspring.com> <20020305193028.H6706-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020306075350.00ddfb00@localhost> <15494.16418.45131.322945@caddis.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > I can write reliable code in C, but I also know that it takes so much > > time, effort, and triple-checking that it saps my productivity. That's > > why I strongly favor safer languages. (Those who were at BSDCon this > > year may have seen the worm blocker/IDS I wrote for FreeBSD in 28 lines > > of SNOBOL4....) > > So, why don't you like Java if you like safer languages? Have you > *tried* do something in Java, or are you assuming that's it's a bad > language because of it's C-like syntax? He likes *safer* languages, not *different* languages. Though you couldn't tell from his choice of SNOBOL4... 8^p 8-) 8-) }B^). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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