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by eternalban 4106 days ago
Not "exactly". You also expressed tired cliches such as "Big companies create projects written in Java."
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jpitz 4106 days ago
Just because its tired, doesn't mean it isn't true.
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eternalban 4106 days ago
I have actually audited systems by "big companies" written in other, e.g. C#, languages.

(p.s. Try "it's")

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jpitz 4105 days ago
I have actually authored systems at big and small companies in: C# VB Pascal Java Python Ruby JavaScript

My point was not that big companies don't use languages other than Java. My point was that the tired cliche of Java dominating at big companies is entirely warranted. If I implied that Java penetration at large enterprises is 100%, then there is a lot more wrong with my writing than a missing apostrophe.

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bkeroack 4106 days ago
C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
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eternalban 4106 days ago
Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons.

[1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ

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codygman 4106 days ago
> the obvious human resource reasons

Can you elaborate on these?

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eternalban 4105 days ago
Why bother? Count the down votes in this thread and then note the number of thoughtful rebuttals. (But for the record, imo Haskell is a glorious language.)
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KrestenKjaer 4106 days ago
Big companies create a lot of projects, some of them are bound to be in Java. I in no way intended to state Java was the only language for business applications.
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