> How does this have 91 points and is on the front page of HN?
Because HN is full of Java hate, where all cool guys would never touch the JVM.
Meanwhile the world moves along and JVM based products get deployed every day.
Because HN is full of Java hate, where all cool guys would never touch the JVM.
Meanwhile the world moves along and JVM based products get deployed every day.
i hate java. i hate java as much as i can. and i love hating java. java must be hated. java must be estranged. java must die. but definitely not the jvm. that's a beast i love. i use clojure and fantom on the jvm.
I agree [with you] that Java invites you (nay, urges you) to use good engineering practices.
At least exceptions ensure (...) - at least in Java - that errors are forced to be dealt with in a certain way.
bulte-rs - orkoden: 0 - 1; I love Java for it's exceptions (and "the IDE's" telling me to catch them all).