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Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability by twic on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:44PM (#30768370)
There absolutely was massive Java hype.

Twenty-five years ago

Hype is not reason why "a major Silicon Valley company that's migrating their backend to it".

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Re:Java 18 / JDK 18: General Availability by jbreckmckye on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:57PM (#30768559)
No, but I think it's a big contributor to the network effect advantage Java has.

I'm not bashing the language - it certainly has its defenders. Some people regard simplicity as a virtue (although I'd question how simple Java is nowadays). But I think even ardent Java fans will concede, Java has some deficiencies as a language. The main reason people use Java, is that people know Java. And the main reason they know Java, is because it is used.

It takes a long time to kill a network effect.

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