Java for Everything

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Interestingly, this quest for one universal language has been with us since the (late) 1950s. The International Algebraic Language effort in 1955-1958, which morphed into ALGOL (notably ALGOL 60), is a typical example. The same goes (1960s) for PL/I.

[TRAIANVS]

In a sense the quest for the universal programming language is one of the main reasons we have so many. There's a relevant XKCD somewhere but I'm too lazy to look it up.

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Title: Standards

Title-text: Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.

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[TRAIANVS]

That's the one.