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From: Martin C.Atkins <martin_ml@parvat.com>
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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:58:47 -0400 Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com> wrote:
>..
> Speaking only for myself, I learned that good languages cannot
> survive if they can't link directly (or with almost no effort) with C code
> written oblivious to the language's existence.  On the other hand,

Good observation - this is (one reason!) why Java is not a "good language" :-)

Martin

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