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Java and Squeak are contemporaries. Squeak was released shortly after Java.




Let's remember: Dancin' Duke Java Applets distributed with Netscape's web browser.

"Sun is giving away Java and HotJava free, in a fast-track attempt to make it a standard before Micro-soft begins shipping a similar product"

https://archive.gyford.com/1997/wired-uk/1.08/features/java....


https://simberon.blogspot.com/2012/04/smalltalk-history-draf...

Please spell-out your point, so we can avoid talking past each other.




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