Re: Dealing with delay in processing

From:

Lew <lew@nospam.lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:07:29 -0400

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Lew wrote:

Java is a full-bore, strongly-typed
object-oriented computer language that has a compilation phase.

Andrew Thompson wrote:

I always find it odd when people mention that Java
is an OO* language, but fail to mention that ..so is
JavaScript!

(*Though admittedly, your OO comment was immediately
preceded by *strongly* *typed*, whereas JS is not strongly
typed, so perhaps I am reading too much into the mention
of 'OO'.)

Javascript does support a flavor of object manipulation. I consider it not
enough to represent the orientation of the language. Java is almost so
object-oriented you'd have to call it an "object-obsessed" language.
(Autoboxing is Java's way of covering its embarrassment at having primitives
about.)

And, yes, I did use the phrase "strongly-typed" for Java. You are correct
that I deem that the more significant part of that particular comparison.

My intent wasn't to comprehensively compare the languages but to provide to
the OP enough information to honor their question and to portray that the
languages are, indeed, different.

--
Lew