[Csci551-talk] Programming language choice

[John Heidemann]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:51:19 PST, Michael Bailey wrote: 
>Just curious, why is Java specifically excluded as a language for this 
>class?
>What languages would you allow, what are the criteria?

I'm happy to discuss languages on a case-by-case basis.

After discussing Java in detail with a student last year, I decided to
rule it out partly because there was not a good library for it to
do event-based programming.

   -John Heidemann