Re:“I am literally losing sleep” over Java (1996)
by lliamander on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:21PM
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> I'd also add: it's kinda funny to see so many programmers hating on Java and thinking that, somehow, Java is dead or dying, yet on a daily basis they'll use one of the JetBrains tools, written in Java, to work on their "non Java" code.
And even JetBrains is working on a language to replace Java (which yes, runs on the JVM, but it also runs not on the JVM).
Java is a fine language, and one that I have the most experience with. I'm glad it's there, but I also think that increasingly it will not be the default choice for greenfield projects. That is typically what people mean by a dying language: it's only used for projects in maintenance mode.
And even JetBrains is working on a language to replace Java (which yes, runs on the JVM, but it also runs not on the JVM).
Java is a fine language, and one that I have the most experience with. I'm glad it's there, but I also think that increasingly it will not be the default choice for greenfield projects. That is typically what people mean by a dying language: it's only used for projects in maintenance mode.