Comment Re:Java was a good idea (Score 1) 766
Java was a good idea, but there are lots of other languages that came before that had all the characteristics you describe. I would argue that most of those already did a better job than Java but were marketed or supported poorly at various stages.
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I think the answer is to use the best language for the job and that means Java is long from being irrelevant given the wealth of functionality available to us today.