William Chops" Westfield" wrote:
>> we're stuck with C because there is no viable
>> alternative, which is true but not the point.
>
> So how do you feel about Java ?

Java is a much better language in structure and a little better in syntax.
They tried to be too C-like and kept some of the annoyances.  But the most
important thing is they made it strongly typed checked.

Unfortunately Java isn't a true compiled language, which makes it useless
for many of the things I do.  I also don't like how a JVM has to be
installed just run a program, and how the programs don't just run at the
command line because you're actually running the Java interpreter and
passing the program as a argument.  Still, if I didn't already have
something that worked nicely with a lot of libraries that I was comfortable
with I might write general purpose host programs in Java occasionally.

When talking to high school kids just getting into programming I usually
recommend they learn Java.  It's much harder to develop bad habits in Java
than in C, it teaches the right kind of computer science concepts, it's
easily and freely available, and there is a lot of support out there.


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