Re:Java Was Strongly Influenced by Objective-C
by pretoriusB on Thursday December 27, 2012 @01:54AM
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>That might explain its complicated syntax.
Not at all. The syntax was modelled after C++ which was what SUN wanted Java to replace at the time (generally it is a C-family style syntax).
Smalltalk itself has better syntax than any of the bunch.
>Better than obj-c but worse than nice languages like Ruby or Python.
Ruby and Python are not statically typed languages, which covers a lot of the simplicity in their syntaxes.
And while they did exist at the time, they were far from anybody's attention at the time Java emerged. It took 3-5 years after that for Python to make a strong appearance in some circles, and another 3-5 years for Ruby to emerge.
Not at all. The syntax was modelled after C++ which was what SUN wanted Java to replace at the time (generally it is a C-family style syntax).
Smalltalk itself has better syntax than any of the bunch.
>Better than obj-c but worse than nice languages like Ruby or Python.
Ruby and Python are not statically typed languages, which covers a lot of the simplicity in their syntaxes.
And while they did exist at the time, they were far from anybody's attention at the time Java emerged. It took 3-5 years after that for Python to make a strong appearance in some circles, and another 3-5 years for Ruby to emerge.