From: "Robert Comer" 

> C++ runs on anything also.

The language does, but something written in C++ for WIn32 will only run
under Win32.  it's the nature of the beast, C++ is a generic language that
has platform specific methods.

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:gc4t81lg4u2mckqtpraic4kh2jpqf1e2km{at}4ax.com...
> C++ runs on anything also.
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 09:13:56 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote in message
> :
>
>>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
>>>
>>> "Adam"  wrote in message
>>> news:428db7a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Rubbish.
>>>>
>>>> For speed I can show you a load of independant studies where
>>>> inline/dynaminc compiling etc means that the load time
might be longer
>>>> but the execution time might actually be shorter.
>>>>
>>>> For predictability...nope. You can control the gc as you
wish & there
>>>> are
>>>> a number of other ways you can make very predictable java systems.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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