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I've never really understood why Java took off in the enterprise the way it did. Was it just the automatic garbage collection and no pointers was a killer featu

by seldo 17y ago

I've never really understood why Java took off in the enterprise the way it did. Was it just the automatic garbage collection and no pointers was a killer feature over C++?

ajross 17y ago
For a certain class of developers: yes, it is. The IT world needs to be able to build big projects with big teams of mediocre talent. They can't handle the pointer bugs of C++, not the runtime-only bugs of dynamic languages. Java was a breath of fresh air in this world.