Re: Reply to Ousterhout's reply (was Re: Ousterhout and Tcl ...)

[jason@harlequin.co.uk (Jason Trenouth)]

On 7 Apr 1997 04:47:45 -0500, wilson@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Wilson) wrote:

> One of the saddest things about Java is that it screams for an
> interactive implementation, rather than batch compilation.  (Unlike
> C++, it's got enough checking by default to build an uncrashable
> interaction environment.)
> 
> Once there are interactive implementations, the dichotomy between
> scripting and systems languages will be less obvious.
> (And if you made type declarations optional in scripts, that
> would go much further.)

Checkout Asymetrix SuperCede:

        http://www.asymetrix.com/schome/

for some steps in this direction.

__Jason