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To: Typhoon who wrote (243)	11/11/1997 4:39:00 PM
From: Rich Goldsmith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1600

Typhoon, Pardon an old Definition -0 (a ones complement former Definition 0). I've heard the mantra of one-language does everything for everybody for 30 some years. It's a 'silver bullet' to slay the werewolf of programming complexity (silver bullet is not original, it was coined by the gentleman who wrote The Mythic Man Month and OS/360, I believe one each Dr. Frederick Brooks, in an IEEE Computer magazine in the late 80s). So far Java is a nice TOY. And people are having lots of fun PLAYING on the intERnet. If and when Java makes it as part of an NC on a intRAnet, that will be the real test. We will just have to wait and see how the IBM ramp on the NC takes I hearing it is costing more and taking longer then expected. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Regards, Rich