[KerrAvon]

It's OK to have ergonomic opinions about languages! In scriptingland, I find Python abhorrent. Ruby fits my brain like a glove (the core language, not Rails). Doesn't indicate anything about the quality of the languages or their respective partisans.

[dopidopHN]

Look at you guys using nice looking languages! Haha, Java got better, but oh god it’s still verbose.

We got rid of the getter setter silliness to be in “constructor land.” ( immutable records from Java 17 )

Function are still not first class citizens, but … they have a working visa now. You can shove lambda anywhere.

It’s still awkward to write functional code

Meh. Recently I’ve been really productive with it and I like the sheer boredom and lack of surprises.

[kaba0]

Java is several times more expressive and less verbose than Go, objectively.

[RhodesianHunter]

Most developers on the JVM with any freedom have switched to Kotlin.

[pjmlp]

Better check those numbers, only those forced by Mountain View minions have done so.

[RhodesianHunter]

I'm talking about on the server, not Android... but sure. Bury your head in the sand.

[dopidopHN]

I was free I would not develop corporate software. But oh well

[fs111]

citation needed

[RhodesianHunter]

Any and all language trend survey results from the past couple of years.