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Anon tries programming in Java (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by LiamTheBox@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Could be worse, could be programming Javascript (or Typescript).

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

A text file with a script block and nothing else, containing a console log, is all you need. You already have all the boilerplate to run it in any computer. No extra dependencies, no installing anything. Literally just a notes editor app. This is a valid HTML file:

<script>
console.log("Hello World")
</script>

[–] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

I think you forgot to pollyfill your console.log and now you have some error in some script in some callback

[–] arc@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

By that logic we should all program with .bat files

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Bash and bat scripts are really useful for that reason. You're making a bad generalization from my comment. But the premise from OP seems to be that a language's value is how hard it is to get started.

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