So, how was the meeting with Damian? Jesse
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Ellis > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:48 PM > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: Interesting Quote > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:38:00 -0600, "Stuart Jansen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 10:18 -0700, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > > Er, no. A primary design goal of Java, that was largely > delivered > > > on, was to be more orthogonal (i.e., have Less Ways To Do > It) than C++. > > > > And then they discovered it was too restricted so the > language had to > > be modified in ways that now feel slightly unnatural in order to > > accommodate reasonably frequent idioms. > > More like, Microsoft started talking about how great generics > were so the Java guys copied them without thinking hard enough. > > -Jonathan > .-----------------------------------. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `-----------------------------------' > .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
