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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the most elegant codebases in yo... by flashgordon on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:29AM (#36388643)
As much as "not" a big fan of java, I need to give credit where it is due.. as my (almost) first language almost 25 years ago I learnt heaps by going through the source code. Sure there were bad and (what are now) outdated conventions etc. But as a junior eng learning how layouts worked, how data structures were implemented, how network code was written and tons more, the Java src folder was a huge treasure mine. Did I mention swing?

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