What JavaTM has going for it
Not just another OO programming language
- Rejuvenation of OO research community
- Wide/Deep presentations at ECOOP/OOPSLA’98
- Gradual Acceptance in the HPC community
- JavaGrande not an insignificant force
REAL productivity gains in parallel prog.
- Various papers and presentations
- Experience w/my own ug classes (BH, Soccer agents)
Emerging technologies solving its problems
- Advanced JITs/VMs, fast communication, APIs/frameworks, development env.