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I genuinely can't tell if you're trolling by calling Java a "less well known niche language". As for Python being bizarre, it's just call-by-value, as has been
by rcthompson 14y ago
I genuinely can't tell if you're trolling by calling Java a "less well known niche language".
As for Python being bizarre, it's just call-by-value, as has been pointed out elsewhere. The only arguably bizarre part is that all values must be pointers to objects. But I target like that consistency. I prefer it to Java, where I always have to think about whether a variable is an object pointer or a primitive type.
- calinet6 14y agoAs far as I can tell, he was being entirely sarcastic.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoIt didn't occur to me that here on HN one could actually get away with calling Java or C# a "niche language", since they are some of the most popular languages out there (though less so in the HN bubble, partly deservedly so I'd say, but still).