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Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by PascLeRasc on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:34AM (#17669250)
A language's documentation, ease of use, and community are all far more important than CPU performance. Point me to one java project on Github with >1000 stars and I'll give you a hundred Python and JS projects.
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by hyperpallium on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:40AM (#17669265)
High quality TV shows are more popular than oxygen. Unless oxygen runs out.
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by theyinwhy on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:22AM (#17669585)
Yes, finally I will be able to use pen and paper again!
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by hyperpallium on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:34AM (#17669804)
Higher resolution, higher contrast, tactile feedback, cheaper, lighter, thinner

Does not explode, just burns

Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by swiley on Thursday August 02, 2018 @09:53AM (#17671355)
Dijkstra preferred pen and paper to computers.
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by berti on Thursday August 02, 2018 @01:32AM (#17669408)
You answer to his/her assertion that popularity will shift is that it hasn't shifted yet?
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by distances on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:12AM (#17669551)
There are heaps of Android Java (or nowadays Kotlin) projects and libraries with well over 1000 stars. I'd guess way more than Python but quite a bit less than JavaScript.
Re:Lubuntu is taking a new direction by woolvalley on Thursday August 02, 2018 @04:56PM (#17675404)
Swift, Kotlin, Rust, Objective-C, C++ and Java have huge communities and code behind them too :)