The competition

Other OO programming languages

C++

• + Widely used

• + Much more efficient

• + Much more complex

• + Shares Java's syntax

• - Less portable

• - Doesn't work as easily in web browsers

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Smalltalk

• + Excellent development environment

• + Large class libraries

• + Shares many of Java's features

• - Shares some of Java's inefficiencies

• - Not good for small shrink-wrapped applications

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Delphi

• + Compiled

• + Easy to work with

• - Only one vendor

• - Doesn't have Internet advantages