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> He literally says they're standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Yeah everyone says that. He should have called out one giant specifically: James Gosling.

> And, you would be stupid not to look at other languages.

Of course. Is that really what happened here? This was a literal clone. (And it is not like Microsoft never copies competitors' products.) Yes, they did add a few features.



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