Java is still available at zero-cost

Re:Java is still available at zero-cost by arthurcolle on Friday August 31, 2018 @02:38AM (#17883416)

Part of the issue here is likely the pressure that dev teams feel to be outputting <italics>something</italics> rather than nothing at all. There definitely seems to be a huge overemphasis on quantity over quality.

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Re:Java is still available at zero-cost by mnm1 on Friday August 31, 2018 @03:03AM (#17883512)

Yup. I'm convinced this is the reason 95% of updates exist today. If it ain't broke don't fix it has been totally forgotten and it shows in today's broken ass software.

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Re:Java is still available at zero-cost by gulperxcx on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:23AM (#17884913)

Lol, this cracked me up

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Re:Java is still available at zero-cost by majewsky on Friday August 31, 2018 @04:41AM (#17883942)

Not sure if this is a stylistic choice, but if you want, you can do actual italics like this:

  You can do actual *italics* like this.

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Re:Java is still available at zero-cost by arthurcolle on Saturday September 01, 2018 @10:13PM (#17895125)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind for the future. What is the markup flavor being used by HN?

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