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Re:Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview dist... by philosopherlawr on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:27PM (#18451663)
No way engineers will ever do this. We're far to use to TLAs and also, it's way too long. Having a simple, metaphorical brand name allows you to then build on top of that. Can you imagine if Java had instead been called WriteOnceRunAnywhereC++Alternate instead of java? Then, we'd have the writeoncerunanywhereC++alternate Virtual Machine
Re:Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview dist... by fredley on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:30PM (#18451695)
WORAC. I like it.