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Java at 30: Interview with James Gosling

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183 points chhum | 1 comments | 16 May 25 13:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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cloudking ◴[16 May 25 14:43 UTC] No.44006117[source]▶
Why is Java so popular in enterprise?
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lemonwaterlime ◴[16 May 25 14:53 UTC] No.44006215[source]▶
Among other things, because the structure of the code corresponds to the structure of the organization itself.

Things tend to form fractal systems of systems for efficiency. A cleanly delineated org chart maps to a cleanly delineated codebase.

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1. keeganpoppen ◴[16 May 25 15:09 UTC] No.44006425{3}[source]▶
on one level this is clearly “shipping the org chart”, but… honestly, even as no fan of Java this is clearly efficient on many levels, especially when you consider the humans and org to be part of the system (which everyone should. or it’s just my HCI brain talking.).