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dahfizz on March 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: JDK 20 G1/Parallel/Serial GC Changes

>> It's so ugly

> nice and easy to understand

Java is definitely more practical than pretty. This frustrates the trendy crowd, but I think its important for tools to be practical. Shiny, pretty languages are never as long-lived as practical "ugly" languages.

5e92cb50239222b on March 17, 2023 | [–]

If it scares away the "let's rewrite it in language/framework of the day" crowd, that's a plus in my book.

seanw444 on March 18, 2023 | [–]

I'm certainly not a member of the "trendy crowd." I say Java is ugly as a fan of Lisp and C. There's just so much boilerplate to implement something basic.

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