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Re:If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy by RivieraKid on Thursday October 10, 2013 @10:18AM (#6527830)
Java has some similarities to every programming language including COBOL but it's also totally different.

Java is used by a lot of extremely productive programmers and some brilliant apps are written in it.

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Re:If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy by gaius on Thursday October 10, 2013 @11:36AM (#6528259)
Same is true of the original COBOL. If you can imagine back as far as the 1960, COBOL and FORTRAN are the cutting edge, every talented and ambitious programmer is trying to get in on this new tech, they are amazed at the productivity and they are writing apps that do hitherto impossible things.

You are no different from them, you were just born a few decades later (same for me). Except, you can look back and learn from their experiences, if you are wise.

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