Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:51:20 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Victor Subervi <victorsubervi@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT Message-ID: <47792C18.7030007@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47792A51.1070305@gmail.com> References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> <flb6uc$a9u$1@ger.gmane.org> <4dc0cfea0712310904m6ea9a530k7be838f6ab0aa302@mail.gmail.com> <477925E9.2010400@gmail.com> <4dc0cfea0712310926m39291186rbb6924e200646c0c@mail.gmail.com> <47792774.2080902@gmail.com> <4dc0cfea0712310936t4823f42fxe3c45de4c6d13861@mail.gmail.com> <47792A51.1070305@gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Victor Subervi wrote: >> Hmm. Why did you switch to Java? > > Rich system API, everything inherits from Object (helps in many > situations), the relization that 99% of time I was using ptrs it > was only to keep a ref to some struct in RAM (the only time I have > ever found a use for them is when for some hardware reason you > *MUST* address a specific address in RAM) for low level work you > can turn the GC off via a non-JVM compilor, etc. Basically it lets > me not worry about low level details that are pure book keeping vs. > some performence/functionality gain Forgot to mention reflection which makes certain things possible (not just easier)... for example the aMock product I make would be impossible without reflection and even thisTest would be significantly harder to use without it. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHeSwYzIOMjAek4JIRAl6DAKCNiZ6wv2cyyWbRzUpnUYa98X7lPACcDlfQ fmt4j82cfv77ixXRVlWbck8= =QhCH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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