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More than 20 years after the invention of the IBM PC (and the Apple Macintosh, for that matter), why is it still so difficult to build robust applications?
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Because it is an inherently difficult task. Otherwise, everyone could do it.

And FWIW, building robust apps is more a function of the developer than the specific toolset.

Surely having offended some of you, I now sit and will take your attacks.