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Apache has a pretty good framework for "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" in legal terms for code contributions, so that big companies know that all the cod

Apache has a pretty good framework for "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" in legal terms for code contributions, so that big companies know that all the code is accounted for and there are no nasty legal surprises lurking - in theory. That sentence exactly summed up the point I was trying to make.

eternalban 12y ago
Not "exactly". You also expressed tired cliches such as "Big companies create projects written in Java."
- jpitz 12y ago
  Just because its tired, doesn't mean it isn't true.
  - eternalban 12y ago
    I have actually audited systems by "big companies" written in other, e.g. C#, languages. (p.s. Try "it's")
    - bkeroack 12y ago
      C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
      - eternalban 12y ago
        Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons. [1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ
        codygman 12y ago
        > the obvious human resource reasons Can you elaborate on these?
        eternalban 12y ago
        Why bother? Count the down votes in this thread and then note the number of thoughtful rebuttals. (But for the record, imo Haskell is a glorious language.)
    - jpitz 12y ago
      I have actually authored systems at big and small companies in: C# VB Pascal Java Python Ruby JavaScript My point was not that big companies don't use languages other than Java. My point was that the tired cliche of Java dominating at big companies is entirely warranted. If I implied that Java penetration at large enterprises is 100%, then there is a lot more wrong with my writing than a missing apostrophe.
- KrestenKjaer 12y ago
  Big companies create a lot of projects, some of them are bound to be in Java. I in no way intended to state Java was the only language for business applications.

eternalban 12y ago

Not "exactly". You also expressed tired cliches such as "Big companies create projects written in Java."

jpitz 12y ago
Just because its tired, doesn't mean it isn't true.
- eternalban 12y ago
  I have actually audited systems by "big companies" written in other, e.g. C#, languages. (p.s. Try "it's")
  - bkeroack 12y ago
    C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
    - eternalban 12y ago
      Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons. [1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ
      - codygman 12y ago
        > the obvious human resource reasons Can you elaborate on these?
        eternalban 12y ago
        Why bother? Count the down votes in this thread and then note the number of thoughtful rebuttals. (But for the record, imo Haskell is a glorious language.)
  - jpitz 12y ago
    I have actually authored systems at big and small companies in: C# VB Pascal Java Python Ruby JavaScript My point was not that big companies don't use languages other than Java. My point was that the tired cliche of Java dominating at big companies is entirely warranted. If I implied that Java penetration at large enterprises is 100%, then there is a lot more wrong with my writing than a missing apostrophe.
KrestenKjaer 12y ago
Big companies create a lot of projects, some of them are bound to be in Java. I in no way intended to state Java was the only language for business applications.