Well... Either the JVM, or dalvik or even (rarely) pre-compiled to native
(oh yes, sometimes people still really do that!)


, orOn 16 April 2010 17:19, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote:

> C is C. There really aren't many alternatives. There's a tiny inroad
> with Google's Issue 9 and an uptick in linux command line tools
> written in ruby and python, but other than that, if the job calls for
> C, then you must write in C.
>
> Contrast this to the JVM: If the job requires you write class files,
> then you use java. Or Scala. Or Groovy. Or Jython. Or JRuby. Or
> Clojure.
>
> Scala becoming more popular is good for the JVM and also for java
> programmers (who, like scala programmers, can only deploy to the JVM,
> and gain when the JVM gains ground).
>
>
> On Apr 16, 11:29 am, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > 5 letters:  COBOL. "popularity" plays only a partial influence.
> > popularity may help adoption but status quo (the concept, not the
> > band) is obviously the major influence in the various fields of dev.
> >
> > On Apr 16, 4:26 pm, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Apr 15, 9:21 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > Lets face it, how many blogs and article do you see nowadays about
> this
> > > > wonderful new "Java" language that someone's just discovered?
> >
> > > By that logic, C is probably one of the last languages you would
> > > expect to be on the rise and overtaking it.
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