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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by pjmlp on Friday October 11, 2013 @10:41AM (#6533389)
Java is not a systems programming language.
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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by jebblue on Friday October 11, 2013 @12:30PM (#6534148)
Apparently it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JNode

Then there's the history thing about Java being designed from the start to run devices: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javah...

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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by pjmlp on Friday October 11, 2013 @12:43PM (#6534236)
> Apparently it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JNode

I am fully aware of JNode.

It uses language extensions for the dirty tricks system programming languages need to do.

> Then there's the history thing about Java being designed from the start to run devices:

The devices are expected to have a ROM installed VM able to process the bytecodes. Which is the case of many devices that have Java VM available.

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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by jqgatsby on Friday October 11, 2013 @01:10PM (#6534419)
no true scotsman...
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