Tahir Hashmi wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:41:50 +0530 Manish Jethani wrote:
of C/C++'s "unspecified", "undefined" (nasal demons) and "implementation-defined" things have well-defined equivalents in Java.
Use a compiler from just one vendor and use it for just one
Just one vendor?!! Now you've started misguiding people, man!
Either that, or you deparately need to catch up with times (this would automatically disqualify you from participating in this discussion).
platform (essentially what you are doing with Java) and these
Well, obviously you need a platform! And yes, just one (virtual) platform that abstracts away the hajaar nuances of other platforms.
issues are resolved.
You're asking people to go back to their GCC/SUNWPro/MSVC++/Borland/blah compiler kit and create relatively unportable/unmaintainable software that ties its users down to one OS.
Good.
Java might be full of these "old hacks" but somehow they're useful! Just because they're old hacks doesn't mean they're automatically useless (and certainly doesn't give C/C++ an edge over Java).
My point was that they are not exclusive to Java and certainly available in C++.
How about: "No! They're not available in C++."
Manish