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Re:Ask HN: Can I survive the rest of my life only knowing Java? by noodle on Monday October 06, 2008 @07:19PM (#325441)
you'll always be able to survive on one language. especially such a huge language that will leave a giant legacy footprint if another language becomes more popular. the question is, will you, personally and financially, prosper. you want to do more than survive.

it won't be easy, but its possible. check out grails and seam to push yourself into the rails-like environment running on java. i really like grails.

or, you can just do like others and learn rails or python.

Re:Ask HN: Can I survive the rest of my life only knowing Java? by fp on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @05:31AM (#325585)

  or, you can just do like others and learn rails or python.
I suggest learning Ruby, not Rails. Unless you know Ruby, you will not be able to really understand how Rails works. Ruby is way more than just Rails.
Re:Ask HN: Can I survive the rest of my life only knowing Java? by noodle on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @09:39AM (#325685)
whoopsies, thats what i meant