From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 17:14:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC70A16A420 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victorsubervi@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA39E13C46E for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victorsubervi@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so5049651rvb.43 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:14:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=vE3miS092MHTcIOHvLsGsQB2sekwxpXC93r0yoCzdQ8=; b=VmYvKNOYTBSmxqZgjdYiXOyGkNreS3auku5xjQ3N2/7eapHlXnfWjSFvy2fAEOPm7DUYP32TyDFgF7E4Qewc9snkT8lP9Q2LqcYK2oYchdrPMBK3qmdhJvA/SZ9kLWWXIHozrIIDonLnIjHimqz5aIFOQF9+2khvBBQL3VSz0g4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=iC1gdk1BbvQP/7UlziH79kp0oVgX87X1egRkcUcf5B3GfIrBGBSnhI96YmS/1gfWD/Di5FMeUQsUp06s4e7+EgfPnHA+2IQtLc3QbNBy4HLQF2HFHc9TyLk/nUcl6Ved85/9vP5jPheIy4BcXDVuHkxetlNlz6N0FfBnY/+wiDI= Received: by 10.141.2.19 with SMTP id e19mr6441955rvi.221.1199121299335; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:14:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.99.6 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:14:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4dc0cfea0712310914v52b99f22g343c0eb3a328e7ce@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:14:59 -0400 From: "Victor Subervi" To: "Erich Dollansky" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4dc0cfea0712310914k369e5236o22ed95db04885c93@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> <477918B3.4090101@pacific.net.sg> <4dc0cfea0712310842o49b24abdl9ec10b4af124e373@mail.gmail.com> <4dc0cfea0712310842i6b24bbcaw3ab44d19a3bf96ef@mail.gmail.com> <47792175.80503@pacific.net.sg> <4dc0cfea0712310914k369e5236o22ed95db04885c93@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:14:59 -0000 Perfect. Yet another reason to choose c++ Thanks, Victor On Dec 31, 2007 1:14 PM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Yuck. Steering clear of Java ... > :) > Thanks, > Victor > > On Dec 31, 2007 1:05 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Victor Subervi wrote: > > >> Good point. Most legacy s/w is in C++. I'm assuming from lack of > > comment > > >> that C# is as yet an unborn language ;) > > > > there is another very simple problem with languages like C# or Java. > > > > In the case of C, it is the developers machine which has to have the > > proper software installed to compile it. > > > > Java need the proper run-time and so the byte compiler installed on > > every client machine. If you run into a very specific problem with the > > byte-compiler, you have to have a specific version installed on all > > clients. > > > > In case of C, you can do a static link to minimise this impact. > > > > Erich > > > >