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This was back in the 90s, when Microsoft had their own JVM and own version of java called j++

i STILL REMEMBER VISUAL J# AND vISUAL j++

I hesitate to pull the "Google is your friend" card, but this is one of those stories that's so well documented that a three word query will keep you reading relevant articles all weekend.

What's bad about LMGTFY is it assumes Google's results and articles would lead me the correct and objective sources - in a perfect vacuum - where you assume I know what to even query. C# and Java bring up a lot of things - and guessing won't necessarily reveal the context of what was in conversation.

In my opinion, the LMGTFY peanut gallery tend to be the glib one's. Always going for the short, clever smirks, never the depths, the wisdom; teaching others.

What's most toxic about this kind of - I assume well-intention people's behavior - I literally find myself Googling, and every now and then, hopefully an answer on forum thread where they say "Just Google it", "Just search it on the forum".

http://www.javaworld.com/article/2077055/soa/what-does-sun-s...