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There are legions of reasons to choose Java over C++, or vice-versa, none of which have anything to do with syntax. Is this a strawman on the part of the author
by thinkpad20 12y ago
There are legions of reasons to choose Java over C++, or vice-versa, none of which have anything to do with syntax. Is this a strawman on the part of the authors, or are they unaware of the legion of things that make C++ a far more complex and dangerous language than Java? Or are those things irrelevant to the needs of economists?
- Alupis 12y agoIt is a very un-scientific study, done by non-programmers with little knowledge about programming in general. To them, syntax may seem like a big deal... just because they are ignorant to the languages other advantages or disadvantages. As you noted, there are a plethora of reasons to choose either Java or C++...
- grayclhn 12y agoI think it's a combination of unawareness and irrelevance (or perceived irrelevance): many economists are essentially running simulations on a workstation, and that's the use case of the paper.