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Not too surprising. Java was _designed_ by ex Unix engineers at a time that the word "engineer" meant something. Now we have the cloud/web stack and _Javascrip
by m4r35n357 7y ago
Not too surprising. Java was _designed_ by ex Unix engineers at a time that the word "engineer" meant something.
Now we have the cloud/web stack and _Javascript_.
The bar was low enough for Julia to sound good at the start, but it gives the impression of being "designed" "on-the-fly".
- pjmlp 7y agoLuckily in some parts of the world engineer still means something by law, even in informatics, and one is not allowed to use it just because they went through a six weeks programming bootcamp.
- the_monster 7y agoEngineering implies scientific rigour and high intellect. So, no wonder software developers, usually a derided and mistreated collective, just love being called engineer...
- auxym 7y agoEngineering (as in PEng in the US, but my jurisdiction just calls it Engineer) also implies liability, and a risk of losing your license if you fuck up.