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So I wasn't really involved in tech in 1995, but it seems like at that point C/++ was the only mainstream option for writing code. Hell, PayPal wrote their web

by Eridrus 11y ago

So I wasn't really involved in tech in 1995, but it seems like at that point C/++ was the only mainstream option for writing code. Hell, PayPal wrote their web app in C and still maintains it. I would say that besides the niche that C/++ is in now, Java (and GC languages in general) did win.

blub 11y ago
"Win", "die" and other such terms are nonsensical when referring to programming languages. What happens in reality is that the new language carves itself a niche, taking more or less from the market of the old language. And Java has carved itself a really nice piece of the pie, but it's unlikely that it will expand any more, because it's already dominating in its target niches and doesn't have much to offer where it is not dominating.