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by geodel 3432 days ago
I am inclined to say Java as I have not seen mythical teams who work on Java without whole caboodle of 'Enterprise Apps' culture.
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electrum 3432 days ago
You can write modern software on Java without using "enterprise" features: https://github.com/prestodb/presto
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geodel 3432 days ago
Nice. It may be the best way to organize project this large. I know this is maven thing and once using everyone's favorite Intellij IDEA it should not matter but I personally find ~1000 directories for ~4000 files a kind of Javasim.
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bsg75 3432 days ago
Can you expand on what makes the Presto project different than the aforementioned enterprise approach? (Not a Java developer, so I don't have context)
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neeleshs 3431 days ago
I believe its more because companies that have "enterprise apps" culture embraced java more, rather than it being the fault of Java itself. I've seen first-hand when these companies have "enterprisified" C++, C# and heck, even PHP

I do think Java the language has a long way to go, but it is catching up a bit. I see it as the least common denominator language for most companies. Large open source java projects have been successful (everything on hadoop, hbase, cassandra etc) and a lot less enterprisey.

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