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Foil 8 Why could Java succeed where Fortran and C++ failed?

From Java Grande (a.k.a. Java for High Performance Computing) in a Nutshell Sun MicroSystems Java Day at CMU Pittsburgh -- Sept 26 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox
1 It has some natural advantages due its internet base with threads and distributed computing built in
2 It is a young language and we can take steps now to avoid unproductive proliferation of libraries and parallel constructs
  • We could be third (Fortran, C++, Java) time lucky
3 It could have expressivity and object oriented advantages of C++ combined with performance levels of C and Fortran
4 It can use its clear GUI advantages as an entrée into other aspects of Grande programming
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