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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoThis isn’t Java it’s the jvm. Other languages run on it as well.
minus-squareEthanlinkfedilinkEnglish9•21 days agoI am aware of that, but Java is the most popular language that runs on the JVM. I don’t specifically dislike other JVM languages, though one of my issues is type erasure and that’s partially a limitation of the JVM.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•21 days agoKotlin is becoming very popular.In like 10 years of Java development I ran into type erasure like once… Project Valhalla should help with it though (when it finally lands). And kotlin/other jvm languages will benefit as well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•21 days agoThere are solutions to it. For example in Scala I’ve had to use Class tags a couple of times before and they were ergonomic and functioned well
This isn’t Java it’s the jvm. Other languages run on it as well.
I am aware of that, but Java is the most popular language that runs on the JVM. I don’t specifically dislike other JVM languages, though one of my issues is type erasure and that’s partially a limitation of the JVM.
Kotlin is becoming very popular.In like 10 years of Java development I ran into type erasure like once…
Project Valhalla should help with it though (when it finally lands). And kotlin/other jvm languages will benefit as well.
There are solutions to it. For example in Scala I’ve had to use Class tags a couple of times before and they were ergonomic and functioned well