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> Why would this be considered "an outright lie"? I think that comment was a bit exaggerated. > Does "speak out" always have to be attributed to negative opin
by craigching 13y ago
> Why would this be considered "an outright lie"?
I think that comment was a bit exaggerated.
> Does "speak out" always have to be attributed to negative opinions?
I would say no, not always, but generally, yes. That's exactly what I thought when I read the headline and then when I went to the link I was disappointed that I wouldn't find a critique of Java 8. I am, however, still interested in a survay ;)
Note that I am enthusiastic about Java 8, so thinking there was a valid critique of it really piqued my interest.
- fecak 13y agoI was expecting a more critical piece as well, but I'm not sure the words "speak out" gave me that impression as much as the fact that it was (a) a survey about Java and (b) HN front page news. Java is not always a popular topic here. One could interpret some of the answers as a bit critical of Java (or the community), but not Java 8 specifically. The fact that 22% of Java devs are using a release that is 7 years old and hasn't been updated in a year isn't something the Java community is likely bragging about. I mentioned elsewhere in the thread that the takeaway for me was that 83% were excited about lambdas, which Scala already offers, and the notion that Java's future updates might start looking more like Scala. So the survey may suggest "why not just use Scala?"