Ted Neward has an excellent post on the state of Java.
In general, I really like the piece a lot.
I do think Ted slightly misses the point when he talks about Bruce Eckel's statement:
Arguably one of the best features of C is that it hasn't changed at all for decades.
Ted cites C99 and D as flies in that ointment.
I don't buy it.
Just because a standards body can't recogonize done-ness and declare victory, that doesn't mean the fruits of that body have any bearing on reality.
Go look here for evidence. The average C developer doesn't even know C99 exists and probably doesn't care.
And as for D being so much better than C or C++, I would expect D to overtake C adoption right after WS-Transfer replaces HTTP on the public internet :-)
Java has achieved cockroach status and its inventors should be proud.
Mission accomplished.
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