Java’s Forgotten Forebear (2009)
FWIW, NeWS PostScript [1] and Emacs MockLisp [2] were also fore-bearers of Java, in the sense that James Gosling created them before creating Java, and applied a lot of what he learned from their mistakes and experience to Java.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@donhopkins&#x2F;the-shape-of-psiber-space-october-1989-19e2dfa4d91e" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@donhopkins&#x2F;the-shape-of-psiber-space-oct...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8727085" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8727085</a>