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Re:C++ in Coders at Work by jimbokun on Friday October 16, 2009 @01:40PM (#885804)
"If Python or Java were implemented by Microsoft and GNU and four other smaller companies, you'd see the same horrible compatibility problems with those languages, too."

There are a lot of Java implementations, and I am not aware of serious compatibility problems between them.

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Re:C++ in Coders at Work by elq on Friday October 16, 2009 @04:09PM (#886082)
The tiny differences in implementation between the sun and ibm vm's is a regular source of deep and painful frustration for some of the people I work with.
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