Is java going out of style??

Is there a shortage of java programmers?
And if so..why? is it because java is hard too learn?
or is java being taken out?

One reason whi i ask is because i dont see half as many posts here than i do in vb or c++.

I doubt it's going out of style, it's just that it is still relatively new. Java is in fact incredibly easy to learn, and easier still if you know C++. Java will definitely be around for a long time, which is why MS are making C# - it's a blatant attempt to make their own version...for .NET, naturally. And it will never be platform independent...

Oh yeah it's pretty easy so far for me..but what i am wondering is...why do some colleges require you to take a c++ class before you can take a JAVA class?
Also since it's faily new..is that why there is hardly any programmers that use it? ok one more Q...If you know c++ good then java will be easy to learn right? and vice versa?
Thanks.

If you know C++, Java is an absolute doddle to learn, which is probably why they want you to have the C++ course first.

And there are actually a very large and increasing number of Java programmers :D.

And as to why there aren't so many Java postings here it may well be that this is primarily a VB site.

It would appear that even as a VB site, most of the VB programmers who decide to move to a different language, are facinated by all they hear about C++ and Assembly and so forth, I think the reason being is that C++ been around longer, so it tends to get more praise.

Sun's lawsuit probably helped that, I don't think MS will be a Java licensee anymore, the major downside about that is that new versions of Windows probably will not have a Java Runtime Environment installed by default.

I think they'll keep it in because otherwise noone (:)) would use IE because it wouldn't run Java. Although Sun do make a Java Plugin for Netscape and IE, which runs 1.2 apps properly (ie has support for Swing and the new collections-based classes).