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Oh no. I was there. Cross platform C++ was hard. Cross platform Java was easy.

• rramadass 4y ago
  That wasn't it; There was nothing revolutionary about it. It was the most hyped/marketed language in History[1]. Sun threw ungodly amounts of money to market it and make it what it is today. Invented as a "Embedded Systems" language, pushed as a Browser "Applet" language, moved to "Server App" language and settled as a "Enterprise App" language. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2003/06/09/sun_preps_500m_java_brand/ https://www.theregister.com/2003/06/09/sun_preps_500m_java_b...
  • enjoy-your-stay 4y ago
    I think the fact that it eventually ended up as a server app language took everybody by surprise - Sun never saw it as anything like that at inception I'm sure. Adding JDBC and later nio is probably what got it there the most.
    • bb88 4y ago
      Yes. It was originally meant to be used for interactive television. It then transitioned to the web and to cross platform GUI's. It then transitioned to servers.
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      And rewriting Distributed Objects Anywhere from OpenSTEP/Objective-C into Java EE.