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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: Java vs C++
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In message <4d4e25e8@news.x-privat.org>, Ken Wesson wrote:

> Java is very widely used for network and business applications, and web
> apps, these days ...

I was trying to make sense of where you were coming from with your 
predictions, and then I realized—you’re primarily talking about corporate 
development. Because that’s just about the only place languages like Java 
and C#/Dotnet get much use. Very few mass-market or open-source apps are 
written in those languages, for example.

Except, of course, for Android. Which is why I’m here.