[TriLUG] C# and .NET

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 07:21, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:

> You MUST be on a different planet than I am on.  I have seen Java take a 
> huge wack at C++ over the past
> few years.  While don't get me wrong, there are no jobs ;-), I read 
> recently that the number of Java jobs equals the number
> of C++, PERL, PHP, etc combined.  And C# and VB.NET were just a handful.  

Andy, 

I think it depends on what field you're in.  I personally haven't
seen Java take over C++ either.  Until recently, my field was
computer graphics and C and C++ still reign supreme there (yes
there are a few small attempts to get java in there, but by
and large they're failures, and yes, I include Java3D in that).
The computer field is bigger than just web stuff.  Yes, there
are more java jobs than Perl, PHP, etc.., but please don't
include C++ in that group.  C++ is a much more mature, powerful
language than java is.  The only thing java has over C++ is
it's rich library, and even then there are efforts underway 
to rectify that with C++.

Tanner
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