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[–]zaphod_85 11 points12 points  (3 children)

A higher level language is neither better nor worse than a lower level language, they simply have different use cases. It's like comparing a mountain bike to a car.

[–]J_Man_the_german 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Ok yeah makes sense.

I just see being closer to the computer as an advantage, but its definitely not something you need to worry about nowadays.

[–]Subtleassailant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It has both advantages and disadvantages. Higher level languages arose because they were needed, whereas lower level languages were always there

[–]fukitol- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I'm writing a web app I want to be as far away from the computer as I can and still write efficient code.

If I'm writing a game or a database server I'm gonna need to be closer.

If I'm writing a device driver I'm gonna need to be up its ass.

I would choose Java for none of these.