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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by arkitaip on Sunday March 27, 2011 @09:00AM (#2374875)
Hating on languages is immature and ultimately pointless. Every generation of coders seems to need at least one language to bash and project their frustrations on. It used to be VB Script, now it's PHP.

Enjoy your bashing while it lasts. Tomorrow your "{elegant,robust}" language will be the one that's obsolete.

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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by Retric on Sunday March 27, 2011 @09:21AM (#2374913)
I hate Java. ~10 years ago I thought Java was an improvement on C++ at the cost of efficiency. Unfortunately so did the "enterprise" market which infected the stack and the ecosystem that evolves around it.

Anyway, I don't think it's pointless to hate a language. By turning down projects that use Java my work life has improved significantly.

Edit: I still use Java when writing tiny multi threaded projects that communicate over TCP/IP. But, IMO everything has it's nitch.

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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by davidw on Sunday March 27, 2011 @11:15AM (#2375123)
> I still use Java when writing tiny multi threaded projects that communicate over TCP/IP

Sounds like a good reason to learn Erlang.

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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by gumbo on Sunday March 27, 2011 @10:16AM (#2375006)
What you mean by infected? The enterprise has never been so awesome as it is now with j2ee6.
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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by Udo on Sunday March 27, 2011 @09:51AM (#2374966)
Hating on a language that other people use is pointless. But I can see how hating on a language that you are forced to use can be somewhat rewarding for a few moments.
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Re:What programming languages do people hate most? by stretchwithme on Sunday March 27, 2011 @10:49AM (#2375073)
There's nothing wrong with having an emotional response. Wallowing in it is another thing entirely.
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