Why would one learn Smalltalk before Java?
Philippe Back's answer: One would learn Smalltalk before Java so that one will be aware that there are other ways than factories, helpers, proxies, and such Java often used “idioms.”... (more…)
Read more »Three years after Microsoft acquired jClarity, Martjin Verburg presented at Devoxx UK on how reliant Microsoft is on Java. If the two didn’t seem to fit on the same page, the reality is different: Microsoft runs 2 M JVMs in production for internal purpose… Read more