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Java's influenced all the languages now built to run on the JVM. Groovy, Scala, Clojure. Not sure if these will be used in several decades, but the fact that

Java's influenced all the languages now built to run on the JVM. Groovy, Scala, Clojure. Not sure if these will be used in several decades, but the fact that there are several already around is a good sign. Not to mention that I can guarantee we will be using Java in several decades.

Zak 16y ago
Who's we? I doubt many hackers will be starting new projects in Java in 20 years. Sure, there will be plenty of legacy code around, just as there's plenty of COBOL around now. I think Java's influence on Clojure is fairly small, and mostly visible around the places where the Clojure has to interoperate with Java libraries. I'm not sure what to call this - incidental influence, maybe?