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Re:Rife Is a Framework Experiment by int_19h on Monday February 20, 2023 @04:18AM (#34866479)
Only if by "modern Java" you mean Kotlin.

C# has top-level functions and even top-level code these days, but it evolves a lot faster.

Re:Rife Is a Framework Experiment by pjmlp on Monday February 20, 2023 @07:05AM (#34867341)
When Kotlin ships with their own JVM replacement, we might think about calling it "modern" Java.
Re:Rife Is a Framework Experiment by int_19h on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:42PM (#34884989)
I did not mean suggest that it is one. But many people outside of the ecosystem seem to treat it this way after Google started promoting it, which would explain OP's confusion.