From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-08-08T23:00:12+09:00
Subject: Re: the perens in lisp dilects is there for a reson... macros.

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Hi --

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Jeremy Tregunna wrote:

>
> Le 06-08-08 =E0 01:37, Francis Cianfrocca a =E9crit :
>
>>>=20
>>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> As a conclusion, Java is slightly older than Ruby.
>>>
>>>                                                        matz.
>>=20
>> If one considers the appearance of the famous Dr. Dobbs article to be th=
e
>> "public release" of Java, it appeared in May 1995. Predates Ruby's publi=
c
>> release but not by much.
>
> Does it *really* matter which came first?

If you want to go out of your way not to learn about the history of
Ruby, just killfile Matz :-)


David

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