On 2010-08-04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <i3bseh$kf...@reader1.panix.com>, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> The problem has nothing to do with the relative merits of the >> languages. The problem is inertia. > > So how was C++ able to get popular in the first place?
Building on C's popularity helped. > And how was Java able to grab some share from it? Good question. Both IBM and Sun put a lot of effort/money behind Java. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
