Ran Atkinson wrote:
On 30 Nov 2009, at 12:51 , Vijay K. Gurbani wrote:
...it is not the
case that Java is exposing some additional functionality that
C/C++ do not.
Indeed. That is precisely our point, although phrased in an
inverse manner.
I think we are in agreement. The main issue I wanted to
make sure got across is exactly what I wrote previously:
...it is not the case that Java is exposing some additional
functionality that C/C++ do not. Java is just packaging
the functionality in an attractive, easy to use manner.
Any attempts to word-smith this in a manner that does not
give undue advantage to a particular language should be good.
In a certain sense, Java is a language as well as a platform.
Thus, many ideas can be abstracted a bit better that one could
do so in C++. To take an equivalent example, one could just
as well include these IPv4/IPv6 APIs in the C++ boost library
and attain the same level of abstraction as Java does.
Thanks,
- vijay
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