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Java was initially named C++++–?
- wlnirvana 5y agoI cannot find any other material to cross-validate the claim here: > Initially, Gosling tried to modify and extend the functions of C++. He himself called this new language C++++ --, but then he gave up. He is about to create a brand new language, named "Oak" by him, named after the oak tree outside his office.
- pipeline_peak 5y agoYou might also know Oak spawned from project green and this tablet like device the Star7 in 1990. https://www.tech-insider.org/java/research/1998/05-a.html https://www.tech-insider.org/java/research/1998/05-a.html
- cf100clunk 5y agoSpelling errors, stream-of-consciousness flow, non-sequitors, abrupt changes of tense and viewpoint... not much to see here.