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Java cage rattling

Started by phildawes · 9 months ago

Joel Spolski rattles the java cage a second time, illustrating that:

Java is really bad at functional programming
Functional programming is really important for utilizing massively parallel hardware

In particular I like the way Spolski uses Javascript for his examples. The conception ... Continue reading »

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  • James Burton

    2 years ago

    Java is an imperative OO language and should not be compared to functional languages.
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  • Ian Rogers

    2 years ago

    I think that's the point of the article: pure "Java programmers" are only a step up from VB weenies ;-) and many have no concept of functional languages except that "they're a bit hard to write in". And as for declarative/logical languages...
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  • Phil Dawes

    2 years ago

    pure “Java programmers” are only a step up from VB weenies ;-) and many have no concept of functional languages except that “they’re a bit hard to write in”


    Blimey - if that's not a troll I don't know what is!
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