EDSAC on your desk.

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Sep 21 09:30:28 1998

> May a standards group visit both your houses! (Ancient Swiss curse.)
>
> Java is the closest thing we've got today to an architecture-neutral
> executable environment. The Java machine is very well documented, and the
> environment has goodies like a GUI and networking defined as well.
> Neither BASIC nor C nor anything else today has those things going for it.

C is well established, Java is not. People keep worrying about what the
different companies will do to extend or change Java. When Java gets to be
a truely standard, then I might say OK.

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Sep 21 1998 - 09:30:28 BST