There was also some desire to switch code monkey training courses (read: computer science degrees) away from Pascal.
2011/6/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> So what triggered the mass adoption of Java? > > My Twitter-size explanation of it is: the combination of two things: 1) > applets and 2) weariness from C++. > Obviously, it's much more complicated than that and a lot of time factors > contributed (e.g. the emergence of the web). > -- > Cédric > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
