Re:Which version of JDK should I use?
by lmm on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:02PM
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Because Java, particularly pre-8 Java, sucks so bad if you try to actually write your whole application in it.
(I always found this really frustrating when making the argument for Scala. Yes, Scala-the-language is more complex than Java-the-language. But it's not more complex than the pile of reflection magic that anyone who tries to write a nontrivial system in Java actually ends up using).
(I always found this really frustrating when making the argument for Scala. Yes, Scala-the-language is more complex than Java-the-language. But it's not more complex than the pile of reflection magic that anyone who tries to write a nontrivial system in Java actually ends up using).