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Re:Why isn't Java used for modern web application development? by mibbitier on Sunday June 10, 2012 @11:53AM (#4091358)
> "You'd much rather read a Java program because you are already biased towards it."

No. I'd rather read "int foo; bar.printLn()" than "%foo => &bar :print"

Less special characters. More words.

Each to their own though.

Re:Why isn't Java used for modern web application development? by koide on Sunday June 10, 2012 @05:00PM (#4092180)
So you'd also rather read

"An unordered tuple Z going from a1 to an is a defined as for every x in Z then x is a1 or x is a2 ... or x is an"

than

"An unordered tuple Z (a1,...,an) is defined as [x : x = a1 v x = a2 v ... x = an]"?

I take that as not being (or not wanting to be) familiar with the language you are reading. If you'll read Ruby, at least browse a manual to know what {} and # mean.

Re:Why isn't Java used for modern web application development? by pi18n on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:53PM (#4093005)
The psuedo-Ruby code posted there is characteristic of someone who is having a knee-jerk reaction against something they don't understand. The person we are arguing against is obviously a Java zealot that will never consider using another language, so as long as he's going to accept that different people like different languages I think that's good enough for today.
Re:Why isn't Java used for modern web application development? by pi18n on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:46PM (#4092992)
> Each to their own though.

I'll agree with that wholeheartedly.