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If you read HN you might get that impression, but that vast majority of software that needs security and good performance is being written in Java.
by foldr 1y ago
If you read HN you might get that impression, but that vast majority of software that needs security and good performance is being written in Java.
- andrewmcwatters 1y ago[dead]
- dana321 1y agoIf you were building a programming language, would you write it in Java or Rust?
- foldr 1y agoI'm not personally a fan of Java, but if I was implementing a compiler, I'd pick a language with GC. There's pretty much no downside to a GC in that context, and it gives you more flexibility when working with graph data structures. If 'building a programming language' means writing an interpreter or VM, then I can see the attraction of Rust for that case. But writing interpreters and VMs is like 0.0001% of the programming that gets done in the world.
- childintime 1y agoGraal and Truffle make the JVM look attractive, especially for this case!
- pjmlp 1y agoIn those two alone, Java. There is no reason I would care about borrow checking implementing a compiler, and besides all the tooling, Java also has stuff like ANTRLR and MPS, and naturally Graal is a good playground for compiler backend tooling. However in general, I would rather look into OCaml, Haskell, F#, Scala.
- VBprogrammer 1y agoI wouldn't be surprised if that was closer to the truth. A heck of a lot of boring software runs on the JVM. That said, it's a slightly different niche from command line tools.
- pjmlp 1y agoAlongside C# in more Microsoft influenced culture shops. :)