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|    Maurice Kinal to Rob Swindell    |
|    life ?    |
|    29 Feb 20 22:03:19    |
      REPLY: 47697.linux@1:103/705 22c0c03a       MSGID: 2:280/464.113 5e5adfa7       CHRS: UTF-8 4       Hallo Rob!               RS> I imagine there's some group(s) within Google that are schemeing        RS> to switch from Java to Go/Haskell/Julia/whatever-new-language,        RS> but sometimes the business justification for such efforts just        RS> aren't there.              Understood. However for startups - or progressive oldtimers - who have       choices one would think they would choose a well supported compiler that has a       future rather than one that may have a glorious past without much of a       foreseeable future.               RS> e.g. Microsoft still uses "good ole" C++ for their Office product        RS> development rather than the C#/CRL/.NET stack they suggest        RS> everyone else uses.              No surprises there. Anyhow c++ has a vibrant present as well as a half-decent       shot at a future so the above factoid has little prospects as it pertains to       java. The embedded gurus can keep it ... along with the rest of the       abandonware coming from that direction.              Het leven is goed,       Maurice              ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.       --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)        * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/426 452       SEEN-BY: 229/616 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 288/100       SEEN-BY: 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 2452/250 5020/545       PATH: 280/464 229/426           |
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