kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoJava at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhousewww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down114cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
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minus-squaresik0fewllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 months agoJava was stagnating under Sun, unfortunately. I hate to say it, but Oracle probably saved Java.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoBut!.. Sun Java included internationalized set of Lucida fonts with proper hinting. Oracle removed that for whatever reason.
Java was stagnating under Sun, unfortunately. I hate to say it, but Oracle probably saved Java.
But!.. Sun Java included internationalized set of Lucida fonts with proper hinting. Oracle removed that for whatever reason.
Haha. I guess I never noticed.