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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: Java vs C++
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In message <4d4f54fc$0$23753$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 06-02-2011 20:53, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<iilaco$dd0$1@news.eternal-september.org>, Joshua Cranmer
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would venture a guess that most C or C++ code isn't as easily portable
>>> to 64-bit platforms as you would think ...
>>
>> Most of the C/C++ code I deal with is open-source, and essentially all of
>> that is portable between 32-bit and 64-bit nowadays. As well as across
>> non- x86 architectures, for that matter.
> 
> Without ifdef's ????

Relevance being?

>> Ironic, isn’t it, that the early Java slogan was "write once, run
>> everywhere”...
> 
> anywhere not everywhere

Is Java for anyone, or everyone?