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From: David Tolpin <dvd@davidashen.net>
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: advantages of limbo
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Date: Tue,  2 Mar 2004 11:30:01 +0400
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> But just to tell you what I mean, I feel that limbo lacks those
> features that make Java a complex laguage, yet it retains
> those that make it easy to reuse code. That's arguable, of course.

But Java is a SIMPLER language than limbo. 

It has fewer basic structures and orthogonal notions in the language.

It does not use ugly idea of separating module interfaces from
module implementations.

It does not use kludges like 'cyclic' to compensate for deficiencies
of the underlying virtual machine.

Yet it is more powerful in expressing algorithms. Things like closures
or message polymorphism are natural and easy to express in Java, while
either not possible or inconvenient in limbo.

David