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0 pointsjahewson9y ago0 comments

I would describe Java as verbose, inflexible, and outdated. While it's possible to write maintainable code, it's a real uphill battle. Core libraries such as Java2D are also pretty buggy... after all these years.

Give me C# any day, or better yet, F#.

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galdosdi9y ago

It's true (so I hear) that C# has been ahead of Java on this for a while, but I think the JVM is ahead of the CLR in terms of ecosystem. If you like F#, maybe try Scala on the JVM.

Did you use Java 8 last time you worked with Java? And ideally, maybe something like lombok or scala case classes or protobufs to make value object classes easy to declare?

Also, don't use Java2D then. There's better libraries for that. Maybe it's technically considered a core library, but I wouldn't consider it important

plandis9y ago

And how much time have you actually spent writing Java code?

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