Low Level Language Suggestions: OT

[Victor Subervi]

Perfect. Yet another reason to choose c++
Thanks,
Victor

On Dec 31, 2007 1:14 PM, Victor Subervi <victorsubervi at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>
>