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I'm a really big fan of having inspiration like this to start learning a new language. I'm happy he choose Dart over Java for a change of pace.

• melling 13y ago
  Isn't Dart an easier language to work with than JavaScript. Notch is probably being practical and thinking long term. At 100,000 lines of code, you want the "cleaner" language.
  • hdra 13y ago
    Java != Javascript
    • melling 13y ago
      What does Java have to do with what I said? His current web project wasn't going to be written in Java. Why bring it up?
      • andrewingram 13y ago
        The comment you originally replied to was pointing out that Notch usually writes in Java.
        • melling 13y ago
          Hmmm. I guess the question is why he chose Dart over JavaScript for the web? He must have had another reason for going with the web other than to try something different than Java.
          • sehugg 13y ago
            The Dart editor is Eclipse-based, so the IDE at least is familiar.
  • mortyseinfeld 13y ago
    I bet big deciding factors were that the IDE is eclipse-based and it's a statically-typed language that is "close" to Java. That limited his choices quite a bit.
  • ijk 13y ago
    I sincerely doubt that long-term maintainability was a factor unless Notch has said that it was. For a game jam you generally want to get something running as fast as possible. Of course, Notch has done it often enough that may have been motivated by more whimsical reasons, like trying out a language on a new project.