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Re:Number of active repositories in GitHub per language, per... by Mikeb85 on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:07PM (#12932832)
Java's picking up steam again. 8 and 9 released recently, OpenJDK is every bit as good as Oracle JDK, it's as fast as C++ these days, I'd guess a lot of libraries and things being rewritten for a new generation - eliminating old cruft, and starting new projects in modern Java.
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Re:Number of active repositories in GitHub per language, per... by duneroadrunner on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:43PM (#12933089)
> it's as fast as C++ these days

And C++ is as safe as Java these days. [1]

I wonder which claim is more optimistic. :)

[1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

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Re:Number of active repositories in GitHub per language, per... by axlee on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:18PM (#12932916)
Do you know of a good resource to catch up on this "modern" Java for someone who dropped it in the early 00's?
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Re:Number of active repositories in GitHub per language, per... by easychewie on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:28PM (#12932968)
http://clojure.org/ :)
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