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> Java on the other hand makes it impossible to get a single distributable. Heh, I find this very amusing and ironic, seeing how Write Once Run Anywhere was a
by thomashabets2 10mo ago
> Java on the other hand makes it impossible to get a single distributable.
Heh, I find this very amusing and ironic, seeing how Write Once Run Anywhere was a stated goal with Java, that failed miserably.
- thayne 10mo agoIt was successful for a while. Java applets were once fairly common. But then Flash largely replaced them, and then Html5 killed them flat.
- thomashabets2 10mo agoA very limited "anywhere", but yes. For that use case, was it active content, was it shipping intermediate representation, was it a sandbox? To all three: yes, very poorly.