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What seems to be little known is that Java began life as a language for programming set-top boxes with lots of UI, and continues to be used for Blue-Ray disc me
by tannhaeuser 4y ago
What seems to be little known is that Java began life as a language for programming set-top boxes with lots of UI, and continues to be used for Blue-Ray disc menus/apps. Sun and Oracle also invested quite a bit into developing JavaFX as an attempt at "RIAs" running in browsers when it was clear Applets were going nowhere, yet JavaScript wasn't quite as developed as it is today, and Flash wasn't seen as a choice for complex apps.