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2009-11-21 , 22:18
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Originally Posted by fms View Post
Well, C/C++ running on ARM is called C/C++. C/C++ running on x86 is still called C/C++. C/C++ running on 6502 is still C/C++. C/C++ without STDIO library is still called C/C++. C/C++ without STRING library is still C/C++. And so forth.

Why exactly is Java any different, aside from the bogus argument that "Sun defines it this way"?
C++ (and C) (in contrast with Java) are very well defined. C++ is exactly the ISO/IEC 14882:2003 and that includes the string library (section 21 of the standard).

Java on the the other hand... well...

So please, don't compare those two (three) languages. Java is just a product that a company defines while C++ is a standard. There is no limitation on what you can do with C++ and even the oldest C++ programs still compile and run. Java OTOH has a great number of limitations and questioned backward compatibility.

Of course C beats' em all on those aspects