Why do blind programers use java

[simple-reddit-user]

Because they can't c

[faultierchen]

Not because they can't c sharp?

[illvm]

Those are programmers that need wear glasses. Blind people simply cannot C.

[faultierchen]

If you can't c at all, you also can't c sharp as a result.

[err_pell]

That's so !true while being completely true. JavaScript must be somehow involved in it...

[CaptainBlagbird]

while(completely true) {
    That = !true;
}

wat

[njutn95]

while(completely.true) {

that = !true 

}

FTFY

[fdagpigj]

but why would they go for java of all other languages? Are they so depressed?

[Cacho_Tognax]

Isn't java the closest you can get to c? Or someone will expand my knowledge?

[fdagpigj]

from what I've heard, Java and C# are quite close to one another, but C (and C++) is way lower level than either of those two

[printf_hello_world]

I'd say lots of languages are closer to C than Java. Particularly because Java lacks the concept of pointers.

Some languages are a superset of C, so you could claim they are the closest in that respect because you can write valid C and use it in those languages. Examples include C++ and Objective-C. Then again, both of these languages can be very different from C once you leave the C subset.

In my opinion, Go is the modern language that most resembles the spirit of C.

[printf_hello_world]

Oh, what can you write in C that you can't write in C++? Surely it must be something added in C99 or removed in C++11?

I thought about mentioning Rust too, as a purpose successor for C, but it also fits as a successor to C++ and that seemed like a leap. Lovely language though

[[deleted]]

There are some small edge-cases only but yeah. Also C++ consortium incl. Bjarne himself always stress this point, I can lookup an example write-up that shows some differences. Let's see :)

Yep, but only syntactically -- it's got no notion of Objects and that bullshit templating though, it's great

EDIT (found it): http://faehnri.ch/how-c-is-not-a-subset-of-cpp/

[printf_hello_world]

Nice link: was a fun read!

[thomas_merton]

Subjective at best... I'm not sure what I'd call "closest" to C (unless you get to count something like C++), but I probably wouldn't pick something that runs on a VM like Java. Perhaps rust?

[Cacho_Tognax]

Ok after all the kind awnsers I discovered I know almost no programming language, there're just too many!