> Java was not the first, he's touting Java as the first. He did not say this. You are imagining it. Re-watch the video if you don't believe me. You're getti

> Java was not the first, he's touting Java as the first. He did not say this. You are imagining it. Re-watch the video if you don't believe me. You're getting tripped up by the fact that he's talking about popular languages, not languages in general. Java was the first time most of the people who only ever did their work in C and C++ encountered virtual machines and garbage collection.