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I don't think Mark Dominus has a "blub level understanding". This is the author of the hilarious "monads are like burritos" and many others, and it's quite clea

by the_af 5y ago

I don't think Mark Dominus has a "blub level understanding". This is the author of the hilarious "monads are like burritos" and many others, and it's quite clear that he is very opinionated but also very knowledgeable about programming languages. Having programmed in Java for... what, 15+ years? I do agree with him about his assessment. Trying to solve an interview challenge in Java is to handicap yourself, unless it's the only language you know.

coldtea 5y ago
Yeah, I'm not really talking about the OP per se, to be frank (didn't check who he was, and I don't know his story). So, my assessement wasn't about the OP in general, but the OP as revealed by this particular post. The post is based on the cliche early/mid-00s J2EE style of coding, that hasn't been in fashion for 15 years, and has been derided widely for at least 12. There are amazing apps and libs written in Java, and Java as a language was not a problem for their development and design (even when it was far more restricting and ceremonious). Lucene for one. Vert.x. Jetty. XOM, ...