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RE: What Java did right (was Re: Y Store now C++)

To: "Brent Fulgham" <address@hidden>, "John Morrison" <address@hidden>, "Neel Krishnaswami" <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
Subject: RE: What Java did right (was Re: Y Store now C++)
From: "Christopher Barber" <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:33:27 -0500
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> Most of the little languages discussed here are missing one or more of
> the above targets.  We should also remember that Perl has been around for
> many years, and only recently became so popular with the masses -- it
> was slowly building steam (and the features that make it popular) during
> a long growth process.

Right.  The one event that gave it a big kick was its position as the first
CGI language.

- Christopher

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- RE: What Java did right (was Re: Y Store now C++)
  - From: "Brent Fulgham" <brent.fulgham@xpsystems.com>

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