[Cialug] Java for Beginners

[Morris Dovey]

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> On 2009-11-18 at 17:26:09, Nathan Stien wrote:
>> just about every platform has at least a C compiler so C is in that
>> sense the *most* portable language.
> 
> In theory. Of the languages i've worked with, C is the least portable. I 
> find it ironic that it was specifically designed to be a portable 
> language. Getting it to find all the libraries and include files usually 
> seems to be the issue.

Those are symptoms of faulty installation and have nothing to do with 
either the language or its use.

Portability depends on programmers knowing their stuff and exercising 
the discipline to write portable code when it's called for.

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