On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 11:13:05PM -0800, Andreas Ramos wrote:
> Bob is right: originally, Java was a project to fix the problem with UNIX:
This misconception has already been corrected here. But in case you
missed it:
"The Java language originated as part of a research project
to develop advanced software for a wide variety of networked
devices and embedded systems. The goal was to develop a
small, reliable, portable, distributed, real-time operating
environment. When the project started, C++ was the language
of choice. But over time the difficulties encountered with
C++ grew to the point where the problems could best be
addressed by creating an entirely new language environment."
- "The Java Language Environment: A White Paper",
James Gosling & Henry McGilton, 1995
> there's too many flavors of UNIX (30 or so, no?)
There are actually only about a dozen currently viable flavors of Unix/Linux:
most of them now comply with POSIX and other standards, and are much
more similar to each other than, say, Windows '95 is to Windows NT.
It is in the layers and applications on top of the operating system that
they differ, and those should not be confused with the OS itself.
> and nothing is compatible across all UNIX platforms.
Completely wrong. *Many* things are compatible across all UNIX platforms;
take gcc, for example, which will run on every one that I'm aware of.
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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