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That's such a straw man argument. It's 1995 - how are you going to convince 50% of C++ developers to give Java a chance?
by WoodenChair 12y ago
That's such a straw man argument. It's 1995 - how are you going to convince 50% of C++ developers to give Java a chance?
- orbifold 12y agoYou don't, instead you use your existing connections with corporate management and your massive advertising budget to convince managers to force developers to use it. Even if they are perfectly fine using C++ or Smalltalk.
- k__ 12y agoI still can't understand why they prefered Java over Smalltalk...
- orbifold 12y agoWell it was clear that since Java was statically typed, it would be possible to write a faster VM for it eventually. And Sun bought up the startup that was implementing Strongtalk, an actual improvement over the bad performance of Smalltalk consumer hardware.