Hallo Rob!

 RS> I imagine there's some group(s) within Google that are schemeing
 RS> to switch from Java to Go/Haskell/Julia/whatever-new-language,
 RS> but sometimes the business justification for such efforts just
 RS> aren't there.

Understood.  However for startups - or progressive oldtimers - who have choices
one would think they would choose a well supported compiler that has a future
rather than one that may have a glorious past without much of a foreseeable
future.

 RS> e.g. Microsoft still uses "good ole" C++ for their Office product
 RS> development rather than the C#/CRL/.NET stack they suggest
 RS> everyone else uses.

No surprises there.  Anyhow c++ has a vibrant present as well as a half-decent
shot at a future so the above factoid has little prospects as it pertains to
java.  The embedded gurus can keep it ... along with the rest of the
abandonware coming from that direction.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
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