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> Java got popular because it forced everyone to code similarly

I think it, also, had a lot to do with the promise that most machines could run Java if they had the runtime installed

We are kind of spoiled today. It's easy to forget how insane it is that you can write a program in Go or Rust and build a binary for all major operating systems with a single command. It's so nice

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