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On 2005-01-06 21:05, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Dick Davies writes:
> DD> The phrase 'Java is the COBOL of the nineties' springs to mind....
>
> At least COBOL served a useful purpose (and still does).

I probably dislike Java more than you do, but I also find it hard to
believe that the implied "uselessness of Java" is true for all people
who are Java programmers :-)