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From: "Marshall Spight" <mspight@dnai.com>
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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died)
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"Wesley Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message news:qaOcnZhr4PwRvyajXTWcoA@gbronline.com...
>
> > as an object-oriented extension of C. Java became popular because it was
> > deliberately designed to give C and C++ programmers features (like GC)
> > that had already been around in other languages for years.
>
> No, Java became popular partly from hype and partly
> because it is better than C and C++ but not enough
> to intimidate users of those languages.

Don't forget anti-Microsoft sentiment! That has been
a powerful force in Java's favor.


Marshall