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This is why you should about companies touting their choice of an exotic language as a perk. Rather than hiring people who want to build a product, they hire pe

This is why you should about companies touting their choice of an exotic language as a perk. Rather than hiring people who want to build a product, they hire people who bikeshed language debates. Choose Java and move on with your life.

Ma8ee 4y ago
I kind of agree with your general point. I just wish the default was something a bit less painful.
- the_gipsy 4y ago
  Go is the new java. Not great, but not so painful.
- jwhiles 4y ago
  There's two main groups on hacker news. The people who think Go and Java are the only reasonable languages, and the people who think Rust and TypeScript are the only reasonable languages.
  - glogla 4y ago
    You forgot the people who love SQL and people who hate SQL.
    - dehrmann 4y ago
      How one feels about SQL is moot because it isn't really a choice. Same for shell and client-side Javascript.
      - glogla 4y ago
        Yes, but people will still not stop complaining and arguing about all of those.
  - Mawr 4y ago
    You'd think so, but from what I've seen, the overlap between enjoyers of Go and Java is tiny. The languages may occupy the same niche, but their design philosophies are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
amoss 4y ago
I choose not to choose Java. I choose life.
irrational 4y ago
You had me in the first half.