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0 pointsspricket7y ago0 comments

I agree that the future looks bright for Kotlin and C# .Net Core especially. I'm also a big fan of Typescript but JS derivatives are missing many nice things like threading.

But I disagree that Java is like Cobol. The syntax and general situation is extremely similar to C++. There's still tons of work being done on it, but it's a mature language that will be around for decades. IMO it's still the best language to run on the server for a multitude of reasons.

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int_19h7y ago

Like COBOL in the sense of its purported future niche in the industry, not in the sense of syntax and language power.

spricketOP7y ago

Yes perhaps that's true. I ask you to consider some c++ to java conversions though. Usually the syntax is almost identical, whereas COBOL is clearly terrible

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int_19h7y ago

Like COBOL in the sense of its purported future niche in the industry, not in the sense of syntax and language power.

spricketOP7y ago

Yes perhaps that's true. I ask you to consider some c++ to java conversions though. Usually the syntax is almost identical, whereas COBOL is clearly terrible

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