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I'm sorry, I think I just downvoted you while scrolling (tablet) and there's no way to reverse it. If anything, I'd like to upvote since you make a good point.

by kbd 12y ago

I'm sorry, I think I just downvoted you while scrolling (tablet) and there's no way to reverse it. If anything, I'd like to upvote since you make a good point. Java succeeded not because of technical superiority but because of Sun spending millions on pushing the language (and because it was the only way to write browser applets!) However, while Google doesn't seem to be pushing nearly as hard for Go's adoption externally, lots of the industry has run with Go on their own, on Go's merits. So, that's different than Java, but also a good place to be.

julianpye 12y ago
Thank you, I was a bit perplexed by the downvote :) I mainly think without IBM failing to launch OS/2 and lending their support to Java, it would be in a very different market position nowadays.
jgreen10 12y ago
Pushing AND developing. Languages live or die by how much is invested in their tools, libraries, execution environment, community, etc. The only languages with a comparable investment to Java are C(++) and JavaScript. Everything else falls short and will get passed by for most projects. It's quite possible that Google will make a similar investment into Go, but they do have a tendency of dropping out of projects prematurely.