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Frankly it doesn't matter what it was meant to be, and it doesn't help at all thinking about it as a way completely separate from reality.


Web/JS did what Java tried to do, a runtime that works on all platforms. The problem is that its too heavy weight. But platform lockdown will prevent any competition.




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