> IMHO, Technologically Java was the worst and least innovative. Platform adaption is "Worse is Better" so Java won. In the words of Guy Steele: And you're rig

> IMHO, Technologically Java was the worst and least innovative. Platform adaption is "Worse is Better" so Java won. In the words of Guy Steele: And you're right: we were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them about halfway to Lisp. Aren't you happy? * https://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg04045.html https://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/...