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I bet hard on java in 1998. Still winning... or am I?
by eweise 7y ago
I bet hard on java in 1998. Still winning... or am I?
- manishsharan 7y agodepends on what you call winning. Java will continue be to be used for boring enterprise applications, which are basically glorified CRUDs with pretty HTML GUI. Meanwhile, interesting stuff is being done on Python, Julia and R and Rust , if you also include system programming.
- kamaal 7y agoJava is still where the excitement is. Also a few people would use Python for serious production facing applications. Python didn't even reach the fame Perl had in the 80s to mid 2000s. Python is for beginner programmers, who absolutely don't want to learn anything new at all.
- shabda 7y ago> Python is for beginner programmers, who absolutely don't want to learn anything new at all. Python is used by the largest companies as well as the smallest one person company who need to get shit done. You can continue liking Java, without becoming bitter about Python.
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- smt88 7y agoRust is an interesting language with a fantastic community, but it was created to (and mostly does) very "boring" things.
- cltsang 7y agoThat depends. If you bet on JSP, good luck. If you've shift to data or infrastructure, you're in good shape. There are lots of Apache projects[0] that are innovative and relevant today. [0] https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?language#Java https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?language#Java
- kevinsundar 7y agoSwitch to Kotlin and watch your productivity rocket! And you'll feel like the last 2 decades haven't been a waste. I work for a FAANG where we're making that move and it has been wonderful.
- cerved 7y agoNever used Kotlin, but man do I love Scala