Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding because it works

Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by matdrewin on Monday December 24, 2012 @06:52PM (#4964535)

How is Java a failure?

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Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by Ygg2 on Monday December 24, 2012 @06:58PM (#4964547)

To be a devil's advocate. Java is a failure because it never attained dominance in the niche it was trying to fill (web, mobile, embedded devices). This is of course disregarding Dalvik and numerous Java network libraries (like Netty).

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Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by mushtar on Monday December 24, 2012 @07:26PM (#4964601)

I think it's doing fine on the web (think enterprise) and mobile (Android). Can't comment on embedded devices, since I'm not too familiar with embedded development.

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Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by greyfade on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:12AM (#4968600)

I think by "web," he meant Applets. Which was the big thing. Servlets were much less part of their marketing, as I recall.

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