From: Jeremy Tregunna <jtregunna@...>
Date: 2006-08-08T15:25:45+09:00
Subject: Re: the perens in lisp dilects is there for a reson... macros.


Le 06-08-08 � 01:37, Francis Cianfrocca a �crit :

>>
>> The first release date of the Java language white paper was somewhere
>> in 1994, so you might think Ruby predates Java, but in fact:
>>
>>   * the development of the Java language (formerly named Oak  
>> language)
>>     started in 1991, if I remember correctly.
>>   * the first public release of Ruby was December 1995.
>>
>> As a conclusion, Java is slightly older than Ruby.
>>
>>                                                         matz.
>
> If one considers the appearance of the famous Dr. Dobbs article to  
> be the
> "public release" of Java, it appeared in May 1995. Predates Ruby's  
> public
> release but not by much.

Does it *really* matter which came first?

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Jeremy Tregunna
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