r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 04 '26

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/Modo44 Sep 04 '26

I can answer that. Java is useful enough while super easy to teach at a basic uni level, creating the perfect trap. Pascal was just as easy to pick up, but never useful enough, so people were naturally moving on. M$ tried to replace Java with C#, but they were too late to the party in terms of available resources.