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For a time, Java was set to be the 'everything everywhere' language, IIRC in some quarters the hype behind Java on everything was even bigger than Cloud, then C

For a time, Java was set to be the 'everything everywhere' language, IIRC in some quarters the hype behind Java on everything was even bigger than Cloud, then Crypto, then AI.

fortran77 3y ago
I remember those days well. I had the misfortune of working for one of Java's biggest advocates at Sun, Patrick Naughton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Naughton To this day, I refuse to use Java or anything on the Java ecosystem, like Clojure, or Groovy, etc.
- lpapez 3y ago
  I've always thought of Java programming as being kind of perverse with the patterns and verbosity, now I see where the perversion is coming from.
AVincentInSpace 3y ago
Just you watch, WASI is gonna be next
conradfr 3y ago
It kind of was, I remember my "pre-smart" Sony phones having Java games.