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Why I still love Java
Java is an awesome language. I'd forgotten how wonderful it is, until I started coding in other languages and environments. Java does not face the innovators dilemma, it's stronger than it's ever been before!
- raju 19y ago[edit insert here - Page lost the earlier part of this comment] - This article has nothing new, just one developer liking Java because of JavaDocs. "I learned PHP last night..." - Wow, learning PHP in one night, enough to build an opinion that dismisses it for Java [Not that the two solve the same problem] In any case, I don't think most others talking about the API or the toolkit, and as far as I know, no one is dismissing the power of Java's platform (JVM included). Most posts talk about the language itself, and in most cases that is being remedied by languages like Scala, Groovy or even JRuby on the JVM. You get the best of both worlds.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoIt takes a very special kind of skill to attempt to criticize PHP and fail. It's hard to say which line is the best. "Lack of refactoring support" is surely ROTFL-worthy, but I think "PHP and Ruby and all that" is my favorite. Yeah, PHP and Ruby are totally the same thing. I get them mixed up all the time. "So not to take anyone's word for it, I learned PHP last night..." One whole night! This guy is an experienced PHP developer!