Java To Overtake C/C++ in 2002

jarek writes "ZDNET has an article that talks about latest research data. It talks about how Java is overtaking C/C++ next year. The article also talks about developers adopting linux and putting linux to use in mission critical tasks." It's evidently taking developers from the C/C++, but also the Visual Basic camps, with strong growth overseas.

Comments

java?

[spiderlog]

Only grandmas use java. the rest of us want to get shit done.

Further evidence against Microsoft...

[sterno]

So Microsoft is not including support for Java in .Net and Windows XP. Isn't that interesting? You'd think that a language, soon to be used by 60% of developers, would be worth supporting. I mean if they are not going to support Java, why are they supporting C++? I mean less people are using that, so why support that if you won't support Java?

Of course it's real simple, C++ doesn't threaten Microsoft's monopoly. They'll even support perl because they don't see it as a threat. It's certainly not that Perl has some broader base of developers.

Not going to happen

[zpengo]

Microsoft is trying hard to squash Java, and it'll happen within a year or two. There's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that the public isn't necessarily aware of, and getting rid of Java is definitely very high on the Microsoft priority list.