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Re:Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular langu... by kasperni on Sunday November 10, 2019 @05:25AM (#21497385)
> Java was a one size fits all language. Nobody wants that anymore.

That sounds like a very opinionated claim. Can you back it up with any kind of evidence?

Also, am I the only one that finds it kind of ironic that you describe how a scripting language, whose main use is creating interactive web pages, is used as a Java replacement?

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Re:Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular langu... by jbob2000 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @06:41AM (#21513336)
Javascript is a functional programming language. Bash is a scripting language, perhaps you’re confused.
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Re:Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular langu... by tannhaeuser on Sunday November 10, 2019 @07:55AM (#21497788)
No more ironic than using Java the original purpose of which was for developing portable interactive apps on set-top boxes ;)
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Re:Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular langu... by kasperni on Sunday November 10, 2019 @11:04AM (#21498500)
It is ironic because the poster claimed that no one want one size fits all languages anymore. And then he goes on to describe how they replaced Java with Javascript.
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