From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,78d7c50699ab69a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 09:42:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!nntpserver.com!hub1.nntpserver.com!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!news-in.superfeed.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3BC46184.F88496A8@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9q1rhq$gjl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com> Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ? Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:41:58 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:41:58 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14172 Date: 2001-10-10T16:41:58+00:00 List-Id: In article <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com>, Darren New says... > >Marin David Condic wrote: >> I noticed they claim Java was developed for embedded systems. I don't recall >> that being the objective behind Java and I don't think I've encountered any >> embedded Java projects. > >IIRC, Java was originally called "Green" or "Greentree" or some such, >and was intended for set-top boxes. The idea was to allow stuff like TV >listings and such to not rely on the specifics of the set-top box. Which of course explains why it takes my digital cable box 3 seconds to change the stinking channel... --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.