Re: GoTo in Java

> Xlib, Xtk, Xaw, Motif...

> Contrast that with languages that have large standard or semi-standard
> libraries, like Java or C++

C++ can use dozens of GUI API: wxWidgets, Qt, GTK, FLTK, FOX, Allegro,
....

Java has AWT, Swing, SWT, wx4j (wxWidgets), BambooKit, Zaval

> That doesn't explain the popularity of, say, C++.

C++ is attractive to C programmers because they can continue writing in
C and using C libraries and existing code and just bolt-on the ++ bits
if there is an advantage.

> Some do, for some tasks. But again I've seen countless lines of C++
> struggling to perform what could be done with far less effort - and
> far fewer bugs - in OCaml.

I don't think that OCaml is in any way unique in that respect. Perl is
renowned for its extreme conciseness, to the point of being cryptic,
Ruby, PHP, ECMAscript (Javascript), Python, can all do stuff in a
handfull of lines that may be pages of C++, Java or Cobol. With Python
it will still be readable.

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