Deposing Dictators

[Courageous]

>> I'd say that Java's three biggest reasons for success are hype,
>> marketing,
>
>You write as if there was a distinction between these two...?-)

Well all they hype was spread by word of mouth. Marketing hype
was spread by evil corporate interests. But, no matter. Would you
rather "I'd say that Java's three biggest reasons for success are
hype, hype, and the kitchen sink." :)

>And note that Java's KS is *strictly* on the (huge) libraries -- the
>language itself, far from KS'ing, still hasn't integrated CRUCIAL
>improvements such as generics, ...

Can't you download an implementation from Sun now?

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