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Java was an answer to C++, not to Smalltalk, which had already been dead for a while by the time Java started taking off.
by hota_mazi 5y ago
Java was an answer to C++, not to Smalltalk, which had already been dead for a while by the time Java started taking off.
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoIt's more accurate to say it hadn't really come alive yet. But still as late as 96, 97, 98 you could still find job postings advertising for Smalltalk developers. I know, because early-20s me really wanted to do be doing that, but I wasn't qualified. Within a few years Smalltalk had vanished from the few industry pockets it had, and was replaced by Java in most cases.
- blacklion 5y agoFun fact: I know one company in Russia which built aerospace-grade product in Smalltalk as late as 2010s. I don't know, maybe they still use it right now, maybe it had been replaced, all my friends in this company changed job in last 10 years.