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by hazn 1243 days ago
Do you mean big red and not big blue with that statement?

Also, this reads as unnecessary snide. Having a language that makes it easy to onboard new people is a major strength. A lot of Golangs success is attributed to that strength of the language.
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ethbr0 1243 days ago
IMHO, modern IBM (inasmuch as it exists) is the textbook target for Java, from a professional services standpoint.

And it's snide and isn't.

There's a lot to be said of being able to shovel programmers into a furnace and produce something functional. Decreasing risk to timeline and of failure makes large project PMs very happy. And generally makes stakeholders happy, because things don't outright fail as often.

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davidcuddeback 1243 days ago
> Do you mean big red and not big blue with that statement?

I assume you're referring to Oracle here, but Oracle didn't invent Java either. Java came out of Sun Microsystems, whose color scheme seems to shift between blue and purple, so "big violet?" Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

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