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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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In message <isck0f$79m$1@dont-email.me>, Joshua Cranmer wrote:

> On 06/04/2011 12:08 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<isaq5i41eti@news2.newsguy.com>, Michael Wojcik wrote:
>>
>>> ("the most portable language in the world" is a
>>> vapid claim, since "portable" is not well-defined and there's no
>>> metric for "most".)
>>
>> Most languages (including Java) that claim to be “portable” seem to be
>> implemented in C. Therefore they can only be ported to platforms where a
>> C compiler (or cross-compiler) is already available.
> 
> And this, dear reader, is a wonderful example of "Completely Missing the
> Point."

And this, dear reader, is a wonderful example of something that probably 
made sense to him while it was still inside his head, but came out as 
complete gibberish.

What did you think the “point” was, if not the portability of languages?