Ada 1980: The DoD's attempt to have one language for military embedded systems, instead of 450. -- William Mitchell
Java 1995: The most rapidly adopted language of all time.   In Spring 1997 I gave one lecture in 372 about Java as a rising language; by Fall 1998 it was being taught in 127A. -- William Mitchell
Scala 2003: Proof that Germans should stick to beer and BMWs. -- anonymous