Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech

Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by astrange on Friday May 16, 2025 @08:44PM (#44011127)

> I think it's incredible with hindsight how Java countered many of the mid 90s C++ problems, especially by avoiding multiple inheritance.

This is because Java is based on an older language called Objective-C that doesn't have multiple inheritance :)

It's not based on C++, that's just the other OO language from the era people usually think of.

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Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by fidotron on Saturday May 17, 2025 @07:52AM (#44013625)

> This is because Java is based on an older language called Objective-C that doesn't have multiple inheritance :)

No it's not, certainly not any more than it's "based" on Smalltalk.

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Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by astrange on Saturday May 17, 2025 @02:55PM (#44016230)

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