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> Java on the web is dead, >> I don't think you have any idea about the hundreds of millions of lines of Java that power the web as you know it today. Presuma

by _bxg1 8y ago

> Java on the web is dead, >> I don't think you have any idea about the hundreds of millions of lines of Java that power the web as you know it today. Presumably they meant Java in the client, not the server.

jimbokun 8y ago
"Presumably they meant Java in the client" Android?
- willbw 8y ago
  They are talking about his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet Which were absolutely everywhere at the turn of century.
  - jimbokun 8y ago
    So, yeah...if you are only thinking about web applets, which died over 20 years ago, and ignoring Android, which runs on most of the world's phones, I see why you might think "Java is dead."
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Thanks to WebAssembly it is back. http://teavm.org/ http://teavm.org/
- _bxg1 8y ago
  The web client specifically