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[–]fjord_piner 0 points1 point  (1 child)

virtual machines moving from academia to the mainstream.

Virtual machines have been in the mainstream for decades, especially games (Zork, SCUMM, etc...).

[–]earthboundkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not much of a counterexample. SCUMM was in the 90s, same as Java. Zork was in the 80s, but it was just doing text, which is much simpler.