Re: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!

Java is only a promise. I tried Jbuilder. The versions and platform differences (different bugs!) are to chaotic. What we use is SQL 6.5 and Delphi C/S. Rock steady. Simple syntax compared with Java and C++.
Visual 2 way tool. Object oriented. Every task done with this combo takes far less time and effort than doiing the same in Java or C++. I have seen several projects that started using a Object C++ generator and a C++ compiler and take to much time. C++ is great for commercial programming having a large budget.
But for me as a small company TIME is everything. I can give a programm build in Delphi to a relative novice in programming and he/she will pick up the style in a much shorter time than the same project done in C++ or Java! Pragmatic Programming is always a consideration to me. I am not interrested in puristic debates on Object orientedness an technical correctness of a language. PRAGMATIC, FAST, CHEAP, VERSATILE is what i am looking for.

Fons Claessen
ajclaess_at_worldaccess.nl

Matthew O. Persico <mpersico_at_erols.com> wrote in article <352ED7F1.74217C81_at_erols.com>...
> Peter Lancashire wrote:
> > <snip>
 

> > Personally, I prefer something compact, with an elegant design
> > philosophy behind it, that can be extended gracefully, is readable and
> > can be analyzed by tools. That includes Java but is arguable for C++.
> > What about Smalltalk, Self, Eifel, Prolog, Lisp, Occam, M, Object
> > Pascal, Oberon, etc?
> >
> > While I might write a Web site in Perl, I'd prefer avionics and banking
> > to be in something a little more trustworthy.
> > --
>
> Well, Peter, which do you want? I wouldn't call C++ compact or Java
> trustworthy. How many times has the JVM in your browser crashed lately?
>
> OTOH, I have plenty of production stuff in PERL and have had zero, yes
> zero instances in recent memory where a Perl program "crashed".
>
Received on Sat Apr 11 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT