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• From: "Alaric B. Snell" <alaric@a...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:32:09 +0100
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On Wednesday 23 October 2002 13:25, Gerben Rampaart (Casnet Brussel) wrote:

> Just wondering: What DO you think is an acceptable programming language
> (criteria: OO and good XML manipulation)? And why is Java then so widely
> accepted if it breaks all balnchard laws? Is there perhaps a great shortage
> of Judges who uphold these laws? Or is it simply so that it is too
> confusing for the jury ...

Why do you think a language succeeds... it being the best language for a 
task, or because of momentum (people fear learning languages) and marketing 
(when somebody is deciding which language to start off by learning, they are 
by definition not in a position to choose a good language over a bad one, and 
might well want to learn a language that others are likely to be using anyway 
since they want career prospects :-)

> Gerben.

ABS

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A city is like a large, complex, rabbit
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