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Anon tries programming in Java (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by LiamTheBox@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 75 points 1 week ago (60 children)

Can anyone who's actually dealt with Java tell me how much Anon is exaggerating?

[–] bluelion@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago (5 children)

a hello world doesn't need libraries in Java
installing JDK takes at most 5 steps, depending on the OS
a nullpointerexception is more likely the developper's fault (unassigned value, calling a function on a null object)
IntelliJ is easy to install and modern (granted, other IDEs are very ancient)
developping GUI apps is a PITA, no matter the ecosystem (generally)

The rest is more or less spot on (no idea about concurrency issues though)

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

nullpointerexception is more likely the developper's fault

Of course it was the developer's fault. But it's absurd a language without pointers throws an error about pointers.

[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess naming it NullReferenceException will revolutionize industry

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Having error messages that match the language is actually helpful. A reference and a pointer aren't exactly the same.

Like if Rust output "invalid word size" on a type mismatch.

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