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- From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
- Subject: Re: Java: What's the Big Deal?
- Message-ID: <milodDo9vKq.Ls8@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 19:31:37 GMT
- Sender: milod@netcom16.netcom.com
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- jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony) writes:
-
- >In article <milodDo5yDE.H8B@netcom.com> milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) writes:
-
- >> Seriously: The 2nd most notable thing about Java may be the
- >> JVM. Developers can write programs that are binary compatible
- >> on a variety of platforms and operating systems (remember JF?)
-
- >Agreed. In fact this probably is the most important bit as it gives
- >the foundation for the first point.
-
- I said it was the 2nd most notable thing about Java because the
- people who use Java applets probably could not care less how they
- work. These people are expected to form a market for Java applets,
- and by extension Java programmers. Just having a VM isn't enough.
-
- For example, the Smalltalk VM probably could have been modified
- to allow its use in Web applets, and then Smalltalk might have
- exploded instead of Java. (Java might have caught on anyways,
- because of its backing by Sun, and because of its C-like syntax.)
-
- >But, no I don't remember JF.
- >What is/was it? (I _do_ remember the P-system! :-|)
-
- Not what, who. JF was a reference to Jim Fleming, a former Usenet
- Kook of the Month (I think) who used to espouse a seldom-used OOPL
- called c+@. The main advantage of c+@, according to JF, was that
- it was binary compatible on all machines, presumably through use
- of some sort of virtual machine.
-
- Sorry to bring up such an unpleasant memory...
-
- --
- ciao,
- milo
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