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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (63106)	11/17/2001 3:45:10 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) of 74651

ECMA is an organization that is very useful when creating FUD. I would be convinced if ANSI had standardized C#, just like they did with C++, but that would mean that Microsoft would give up control, and that's exactly something they wouldn't. I don't know about independent bodies standardizing Java, which is the main reason that Java is not used for GNU Linux software. GNU doesn't want source-code that is hardware or vendor dependent. That would mean that something would have to be rewritten in the future, which would be suicide for GNU. The only way that Java could come into GNU, is by the Java support of the gcc compiler. But since the Java libraries are proprietary, all the libraries had to be rewritten for GNU, which would essentially create a new, incompatible language. Instead, GNU programs have some of the nicest C++ code around, which is also why it is often used in C++ education. Lars.

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