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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by nsxwolf on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:44AM (#24540198)
I also wonder how much the difficulty of sharing files between different systems due to different disk formats played a role in its failure.

You could run p-system on a lot of machines - Apple II, IBM PC, TI-99/4A, PDP11... but how would you (and why would you) distribute your code across machines with such different storage media?

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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by WalterBright on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:05AM (#24540310)
Oh, people found ways to transfer files. BBSs were one way, the Kermit program another, NNTP newsgroups, etc.

I transferred files from my PDP-11 (8" floppies) to my PC (5.25" floppies) using Kermit.

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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by nsxwolf on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:27PM (#24546750)
Maybe it was more of a problem of not being able to think of a use case for running a pCode program meant for a 512K PDP11 on a 48K Apple II+. A bit ahead of its time.
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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by WalterBright on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:50PM (#24548310)
It was definitely ahead of its time, but I and others tried to use it. It was just too slow, and you couldn't make competitive products with it.
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