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Posted Tuesday 8th January 2008 23:16 GMT
Scott Fawcett

Why java wasnt used originally

The reason java wasnt used is because it needs a lot more processing power and memory than c. The boxes are much more expensive to make (or were when digital stb's originally came out) and Sun didnt want to make a cut down version of java. I remember seeing some early attempts at java powered boxes and they were painfully slow.

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