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by pharmakom 1427 days ago
I think this is true, but writing code in certain languages (e.g. Java 8) drives me a bit crazy. It’s like running a race with your arms tied to your sides.

I put certain languages in a general negatives bucket along with noisy offices, stack ranking, heavy process, etc.
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listenallyall 1427 days ago
> Java 8 drives me a bit crazy

(whisper voice) kotlin

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pharmakom 1427 days ago
Kotlin is nicer for sure, but…

1. Not every shop will let you use it

2. Kotlin has a bunch of the same limitations.

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62951413 1427 days ago
The latest LTS version is JDK17 (e.g. records and switch expressions) and has been for long enough to be production ready. I reckon half of the people on this forum didn't even work in software when JDK8 was released.

Yes, Kotlin/Scala would stop driving you crazy. No, I don't see nearly enough Bay Area companies deprecating Java in their favor for new services :( They are probably betting on the next LTS to come soon enough (with pattern matching and hopefully Loom).

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