<div dir="ltr"><div>> The future of Java is entirely up to Oracle at this point.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think so. OpenJDK is open source, with support from IBM, Apple, and Red Hat as well. I don't think one company could kill it either.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Scott</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 1:37 PM Ron Garret <<a href="mailto:ron@flownet.com">ron@flownet.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On Nov 22, 2023, at 1:20 PM, Scott L. Burson <<a href="mailto:Scott@sympoiesis.com" target="_blank">Scott@sympoiesis.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> It would be nice to see CCL kept alive, but personally, I've settled on ABCL. The JVM's GC technology is unmatched, the Java interop is occasionally useful, and it's completely future-proof.<br>
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I'm not sure that's true. Flash was once considered future-proof and you can see how that went. The future of Java is entirely up to Oracle at this point. I'll grant you that makes it a good bet, but it's not a guarantee.<br>
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I'd bet on C (ECL) before I bet on Java. No one company could kill it even if they wanted to.<br>
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