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Re:The Top Programming Languages 2025
on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:23AM (#45356611)
> Java is maturing into a syntactically nice language, albeit slowly, and it's the backbone of many medium and large companies.
I've heard about Java initiatives to improve it, but can you point to examples of how how Java "is maturing into a syntactically nice language"?
I'm tempted to learn it, but wonder whether it would really become nice enough to become a 'go-to' language (over TS in my case)
Re:Affinity's Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months
on Thursday July 11, 2024 @06:55AM (#40935325)
> I know the win version now works pretty well on linux with wine. But the process to set this up is not yet automated (like 20min) and is being worked on
Where did you get the information about it being worked on?
Re:Ubuntu 24.04 yields a 20% advantage over Windows 11 on Ryzen7 Frame...
on Thursday April 18, 2024 @06:06PM (#40081267)
How is Ubuntu's GUI bloated (and unusable)?
Re:Flattr is closing down
on Thursday January 18, 2024 @03:20PM (#39047100)
Where did you get that information from? I've never used that functionality myself, but haven't seen info indicating it got deprecated so I assumed it's still supported?
Re:The ocean is a strange place after dark
on Monday August 28, 2017 @03:20AM (#15114947)
Oxford Dictionary disagrees with Merriam-Webster:
Re:Show HN: Alphasheets – Write Python, R, and SQL in your spreadsheets
on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @05:48AM (#11478247)
For Python use, what would be the case for using this over something like xlwings -- what are the main benefits over xlwings?
Re:Livecoding.tv (YC S15) Is Twitch.tv for Coding
on Monday June 29, 2015 @03:56PM (#9800505)
Will you be creating a mobile application for Livecoding.tv? It's not even usable at the moment on iPhone via Safari.
Also a suggestion: timestamps would be pretty useful in chat.