From: "Robert Comer" 

> That's nothing to do with the language and everything to do with the
> environment.

Agreed, but Java has the environment and C++ doesn't, and doesn't lend
itself to that kind of environment either.

- Bob Comer


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:428e4833$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's nothing to do with the language and everything to do with the
> environment. There's nothing intrinsic about Java that means the JVM is
> cross-platform, I might choose to use the JVM and therefore end up with
> Java, but that's a different argument.
>
> Paul
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:428de1e8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Cross platform.
>>
>> - Bob Comer 
>>
>> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
>> news:428dcdeb{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> But C++ can do all that. Managed/unmanaged. GC/non-GC, or both in the
>>> same app.
>>>
>>> What is the advantage of Java as a language given there's no obvious
>>> advantage to it as an environment? I suppose a more flexible 'goto'
>>> mechanism...
>>>
>>> Paul
>
>

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