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Java Programming ?

by Michael Cozzolino · in Technical Issues · 10/03/2001 (9:16 am) · 4 replies

I'm taking a Java class in school and I am enjoying it. Seems alot like C. My Question is what is the future outlook for developers using this language for game making as well as other types of programs?
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