top | item 8257478 (no title) venkyk | 11 years ago developed in java and running for decades? how long has the language been around? discuss order hn newest jacquesm|11 years ago 19 years. But sun was pushing it quite aggressively at enterprises so it is not rare to see big java installations that are now 15+ years old.And those are not the most fun to work on. arethuza|11 years ago I started using Java in early '95 (having begged a copy from someone at Sun) and I seemed to be one of the first people writing stuff outside of Sun. jebblue|11 years ago I started in August 1995 when I first heard about it, which I thought was when they released it but it may have had a variety of trickle releases. load replies (1)
jacquesm|11 years ago 19 years. But sun was pushing it quite aggressively at enterprises so it is not rare to see big java installations that are now 15+ years old.And those are not the most fun to work on.
arethuza|11 years ago I started using Java in early '95 (having begged a copy from someone at Sun) and I seemed to be one of the first people writing stuff outside of Sun. jebblue|11 years ago I started in August 1995 when I first heard about it, which I thought was when they released it but it may have had a variety of trickle releases. load replies (1)
jebblue|11 years ago I started in August 1995 when I first heard about it, which I thought was when they released it but it may have had a variety of trickle releases. load replies (1)
jacquesm|11 years ago
And those are not the most fun to work on.
arethuza|11 years ago
jebblue|11 years ago