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Trouble Ahead for Java

Posted by michael on from the spill-proof-container-needed dept.

Jeremy Geelan writes "The editor-in-chief of the world's largest journal devoted to Java wonders whether, with the arrival of Microsoft's C# programming language on the scene, Java perhaps has only 5 years or so left to live. Javaland has erupted! This is a little like Bill Gates wondering out loud whether to send Scott McNealy a Christmas card. But is Alan Williamson right? Read this short article and decide for yourself."

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  1. Re:This is a Good Thing by Shiny+Metal+S. · · Score: 5, Funny

    What we need is an open language that matches up to java and c#.

    Perl 6 is what I bet on.

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    ~shiny
    WILL HACK FOR $$$