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A comment on Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affinity to Java?.

Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini... by AndrewDucker on Saturday July 26, 2014 @07:27PM (#8091237)
Faster than Python

Easier to avoid mistakes than C/C++

Easy to break into component parts that can be maintained separately

Don't have to worry about handling memory

Works the same on Windows, Linux, X86, ARM, etc. so your developers can be working on OS X and deploying on BSD for all you care

Static typing (remarkably important when you've got a team of 30 working on a large codebase)

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Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini... by islon on Monday July 28, 2014 @08:50AM (#8096377)
The "it's impossible/unmaintainable to develop a huge/enterprise codebase in a dynamically typed language" meme is really sad here on HN, specially for some one who works/maintains a huge/enterprise codebase in a dynamically typed language with a big team and have no problems at all.

Anyway I agree static typing was a big plus for java for the sole reason many people believe dynamic languages are just for scripts and small hacks.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini... by judk on Sunday July 27, 2014 @02:50AM (#8092170)
Team of 30? Team of 3000!
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