Comment by mr_00ff00
3 years ago
1. It’s a joke
2. Many great programmers hold the opinion that Java is horrible. Linus for example. So if Sewell doesn’t seem credible, try the creator of Linux and git.
3 years ago
1. It’s a joke
2. Many great programmers hold the opinion that Java is horrible. Linus for example. So if Sewell doesn’t seem credible, try the creator of Linux and git.
Linus's thoughts on programming languages aren't particularly enlightening either ;)
I bet Linus does not get much outside C.
> Many great programmers hold the opinion that Java is horrible.
Could you name a few?
Linus, Dijkstra, Stroustrup, to name a few.
Time has shown OOP is not good.
> Linus, Dijkstra
I wouldn't take Linus' hyperbole at face value, given that he is a guy who has consistently refused to use anything but C or assembly.
Dijkstra, on the other hand, argued that Haskell should be taught in college instead of Java. Yeah, let's go with that.
> Stroustrup
> Time has shown OOP is not good.
So, the creator of C++ argues that OOP is "not good"?
OOP is ubiquitous, and a fine tool. Plainly saying that it is "not good" is like saying nothing.
Then it’s great that Java is a general purpose programming language with plenty of ways to do FP as well.
Also, being good at some subset of CS doesn’t mean they are good at language design.