Re: Re: Friday's Post

On 2 October 2010 11:05, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: > Peter Lind wrote: > >> On 1 October 2010 20:21, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: >>> Peter Lind wrote: >>> >>>> C# has by now exceeded Java by quite a bit - >>> >>> I've been away from the Java "scene" since 2002 (when I worked for >>> BEA deploying J2EE on Linux/390), but assuming you're talking >>> about "deployed lines of code" or some other real-life measurement, I >>> find it hard to believe that C# should have exceeded Java. >> >> Language functionality. I'd much rather use C# than Java as I can do >> more in C# and easier than with Java. For instance, C# 4 has " support >> for late binding to dynamic types". Does Java have an equivalent? Is >> it planned? > > I don't know, but Java obviously supports late binding. > I was looking more for dynamic types, much more of interest to the average PHP dev as that's one of the typical stumbling blocks when switching languages. And no, far as I can tell Java doesn't offer that. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 </hype>