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From: David Bennett <dbennett@asc.corp.mot.com>
Subject: Re: Eiffel and Java
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Jean-Michel P. Decombe wrote:
> 
> Java is just the beginning of a new era, but it's certainly not the
> language who will necessarily win in the end. For now, it's the only one
> to do what it does, thus it's the "current" winner...

Interesting point.  The first person to the market gets 70%
of the market share.  Java managed to be the first to create
a platform independant compiler that will work in web browsers.
I think it will be very hard to get rid of them now, or change it
in any major way.

Saying that Eiffel (because it is a better language) will win is
not strictly true.  Why do people still use Fortran and Cobol?

Wombles,
David.
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