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		tincholio on April 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java for Everything (2014) To be honest, it seems like the author has never tried Clojure, for example. You get most of Java's ecosystem and JVM benefits (and if performance becomes an issue, you can drop down to Java), while being way more expressive and easier to write.

therealdrag0 on April 25, 2021 | [–]

I’ve never used Closure, but I’m a couple years into Scala after many years of Java. And I don’t think I’d be happy if I had to go back to Java full time.

Scarbutt on April 25, 2021 | [–]

The author clearly states he prefers a statically typed programming language for large, long-lived programs.

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