I’m sorry but Java is an awful language that is mostly used because you are forc...

hugi · on May 12, 2021

What an extremely typically HN comment.

saagarjha · on May 12, 2021

It might be what us typical for now, but hopefully if we recognize it as a bad comment it won’t be in the future…

Chris2048 · on May 12, 2021

Much like "1 + 1 = 2"

fn1 · on May 12, 2021

You can read this to see how modern java differs from the java 15 years ago: https://wittchen.io/posts/an-opinionated-guide-to-modern-jav...

Also the JVM is highly optimized, more stable and faster than most other runtimes (and it can run must of the other languages).

aethertron · on May 12, 2021

Parallel Universe blog is 404'd :(

ratww · on May 12, 2021

> mostly used because you are forced to, or because that’s the only language you know

This probably describes 99% of all programming done today, no matter the language.

Not everyone is a polyglot programmer able to choose their tech stack at their company.

blackoil · on May 12, 2021

Try reading the blog again.