Low Level Language Suggestions: OT

[Victor Subervi]

Yuck. Steering clear of Java ...
:)
Thanks,
Victor

On Dec 31, 2007 1:05 PM, Erich Dollansky <oceanare at pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Victor Subervi wrote:
> >> Good point. Most legacy s/w is in C++. I'm assuming from lack of
> comment
> >> that C# is as yet an unborn language ;)
>
> there is another very simple problem with languages like C# or Java.
>
> In the case of C, it is the developers machine which has to have the
> proper software installed to compile it.
>
> Java need the proper run-time and so the byte compiler installed on
> every client machine. If you run into a very specific problem with the
> byte-compiler, you have to have a specific version installed on all
> clients.
>
> In case of C, you can do a static link to minimise this impact.
>
> Erich
>