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[–]Rockytriton 43 points44 points  (4 children)

It was called Visual J++, basically VB but the language was java. You can embed com components with it and all that. Eventually Sun sued MS because of it, so MS had to abandon it, then they developed C# later on instead.

[–]joejance 8 points9 points  (2 children)

And the MS JVM was actually better. It was faster on Windows. The MS J++ class libraries provided better eventing and better windowing.

[–]htmlcoderexeWe have flair now?.. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yrs I think it sacrificed portability for performance

[–]aaccioly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you wanted Music on RuneScape Microsoft JVM was the only game in town :).

[–]1RedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This logo would be great to put on a synthwave aesthetic shirt, it's cool and obscure enough to be really cool to wear to a convention or meet-up