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From: Kolbjorn.Aambo@ub.uio.no (Kolbjørn Aambø)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta
Subject: Re: Which is the best language to learn?
Date: 27 Dec 1995 09:25:46 GMT
Organization: University of Oslo Libray
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In article <4be8db$2bs@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>, "Ahmed Zardi
(LS4)" <zardi> wrote:

         Michael writes:
         > I would like to learn how to program! However, I'm not sure the best
         > way to start. These are some questions that I have concerning my new
         > career.
         
         Java is a new object oriented language derived from C++.
         Java support programming for the Internet in the form
platform-independent
         Java applets.
         
         You find an introduction to java in
                 
              'http://java.sun.com/about.html'
         
         A difference between Java and C/C++ is described in
         
              'http://java.sun.com/1.0alpha3/doc/overview/java/index.html'
         
         good luck with java.
         
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After been reading the material above its strikes me that java is SIMULA 67
with a C syntax. Additionally it have two nice additions; 64bits signed
itegers and real unicode text strings.

If this two things where added to BETA I would be happy to discard C++ in
favour 
of BETA which is a simpler and more powerful language than all languages
mentioned before.

The problem is that a less powerful language will be choosen by the market-
place if more money is put into developing its environments.....
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