On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Justin Clift wrote: > Lars D. Nood�n wrote: > > I would agree with Claus' suggestions and prefer the definition "a > > widespread platform independent language" Widespread is just too hard a > > metric to define, though I think Perl is still probably most common and > > wide spread, and distracts from the main point which is less controversial. > > Hmmm... how about "a widespread language aiming for platform > independence"? Java's definitely not platform independent (ie. try > running it on *BSD... big problems).
English is not my mother tongue but as I understand it then independent means you are not depended on one platform like Sun Solaris but can use other platforms - not all platforms. The most enjoyable greetings -- Claus Agerskov "Kan jeg, s� kan du ogs�" Helper/Hj�lper Henrik Dahl i DRs Rabatten om OpenOffice.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- http://ooo.chbs.dk/ http://da.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
