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> 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.