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FigBug | 6 years ago

I think Java was unique as it was the first language with a major corporation behind it and a large marketing campaign.

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taffer|6 years ago

That was COBOL with Univac, IBM and Honeywell.

dredmorbius|6 years ago

Single platform (OS360 / zSeries/zOS).

Java is (famously) multi-platform. As disputed by Sun and Microsoft.

kgwgk|6 years ago

What about VisualBasic, for example? Or ObjectPascal/Delphi. Or Objective-C.

dehrmann|6 years ago

Objective C didn't have a major corporation behind it until 2006-2009. Apple wasn't really relevant (outside the iPod/iTunes) until OS X gained traction and the iPhone (and app store) came out.