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Re:The ups and downs of porting 50k lines of C++ to Go (2015) by cuddlecake on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:33PM (#19392040)
Well, there are plenty of other languages that are just as capable as Java, they just came later.

I just feel like I've been lied to in University. Java was presented as the silver bullet in University. "It runs anywhere and models the real world". "In Java, you can't compare apples and oranges!". Turns out you can, if someone implements an AppleOrangeComparator. Great.

I'm just venting at this point, don't mind me.

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Re:The ups and downs of porting 50k lines of C++ to Go (2015) by ilovecaching on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:11PM (#19392481)
Most of use learned C++, Java, or Python in school, that doesn't mean it's right or that it has to be a permanent fixture in your life.
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