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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by WalterBright on Sunday September 20, 2020 @11:49PM (#24539604)
Turbo Pascal certainly had more users, but it was never "run anywhere".
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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by hota_mazi on Sunday September 20, 2020 @11:53PM (#24539628)
Not sure what you mean by that.

Are you talking about the host OS and the fact that Turbo Pascal was Windows only, as opposed to Pascal UCSD which was a VM?

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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by WalterBright on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:04AM (#24540301)
I meant that the UCSD system ran on many diverse platforms, and TP did not.
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