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Compilers

From: crispin at novell.com (Crispin Cowan)
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:39:59 -0800

ljknews wrote:

      2. The compiler market is so immature that some people are still
         using C, C++ and Java.

I'm with you on the C and C++ argument, but what is immature about Java?
I thought Java was a huge step forward, because for the first time, a
statically typesafe language was widely popular.

Crispin

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