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To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Update on Java status?
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 17:27:59 -0500
From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov>
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Just got out of a talk by Sun senior scientist John Gage on Java, and
more generally the evolution of compting paradigms (mainframe,
client-server, network-centric). Mind-blowing. 

I haven't seen any discussion on Java recently; can anyone give an
update? 

Thanks.
