Well, it definitely did....(the article is from 1998)

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Post #130,349 by Simon_Jester 12/11/03 2:22:31 PM Reply	Well, it definitely did....(the article is from 1998) and it accurately describes the situation back then, in particular the conflict with Sun's version and Gnu's version (gnu.math) (among others). Not to say Java's FP doesn't (still) have issues - it does. Check out the [link\|http://www.sonic.net/~jddarcy/Borneo/\| Borneo ] web site.
Post #130,350 by deSitter 12/11/03 2:24:53 PM Reply	Re: Well, it definitely did....(the article is from 1998) What was perhaps most interesting was his pointing out that Sun and Gosling had a smirking, smart ass attitude about the whole thing - what, us worry? - and how Cahan lumps them with Microsoft as joint offenders. -drl
Post #130,488 by tuberculosis 12/12/03 2:25:17 PM Reply	Sun - the other Microsoft "I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone." -- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003

Java FP sucks (surprise) - (deSitter) - (7) - Dec. 10, 2003, 09:02:00 PM EST

Java: a solution in search of a problem. Nice find. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Dec. 10, 2003, 09:05:53 PM EST

It's an excellent paper! - (deSitter) - Dec. 10, 2003, 09:26:42 PM EST

Sheesh! - (Ashton) - Dec. 11, 2003, 03:58:45 AM EST

Seen that - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 11, 2003, 10:43:29 AM EST

Well, it definitely did....(the article is from 1998) - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2003, 02:22:31 PM EST

Re: Well, it definitely did....(the article is from 1998) - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2003, 02:24:53 PM EST

Sun - the other Microsoft -NT - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 12, 2003, 02:25:17 PM EST

Nature has its own cure for stupidity.
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