From: Pixel <pixel@...>
Date: 2001-11-25T05:48:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26363] Re: Table: Ruby versus Smalltalk, Objective-C, C++, Java;

"David Simmons" <david.simmons@smallscript.net> writes:

> As previously posted, you inspired me blatantly build on your idea and write
> a similar chart for our website.
> 
> See http://www.smallscript.org/Language%20Comparison%20Chart.asp

some remarks:
- what do you mean with "multi-methods". AFAIK it's multiple dispatch, aka
using runtime type of arguments for dispatching. Few languages have this, C++
doesn't nor C# (CLOS, dylan do have it).
- "Calltime Dispatch Binding": not in C++? weird
- what do you mean with "Tail Calling"? IMO it's an optimisation which depend on
the implementation. AFAIK many C++ implementations handle tail recursion (gcc
does it nicely since 2.96)
- "templates" is the specific C++ terminology. generics is a more common term
for this