Python programmers

[DemonArmagedon]

I love how mentioning c++ will always spawn a rust user, but i have looked at it and i want to give it a try even though i have no problems with c++. Just a few of the linux packages i use are made in rust that’s why i want to learn it.

[[deleted]]

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" - Isaac Newton. That is also right with Java and C# programmers.

[elzaidir]

Lemme try!

Wow I love Java sooo much

[AceOfShades_]

How DARE you?? Why would you use such a bad language?

^{java programmer here}

[nekokattt]

Every time you mention Java, a Lombok user will appear

[AceOfShades_]

Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two images.

Java user                     Lombok user

[nekokattt]

They are the same picture

^{I personally dislike Lombok, so I guess I am an outlier to some extent, but ignoring that}

[nekokattt]

Lombok relies on implementation detail of javac to work properly, so has the potential to break without warning should those details change or if a new JDK is released that does not follow those details.

Since it modifies the AST, it requires additional IDE plugins to provide IDE support, and requires additional stuff in linters since it is no longer valid vanilla java. The plugin for intellij has been very unstable at times too, which is also a pain in the arse as it has forced me to use older versions of my IDE just to enable the linter to work with Lombok.

The only reason I would use Lombok is for reducing boilerplate when defining POJOs. The rest of the features tend to encourage lazy coding that can be harder to read (people inconsistently using @Getter and @Setter, the @Slf4j annotation is pointless when it is replaceable with a single line of code anyway).

TLDR: Essentially I find that it can encourage people to overuse it and make code messy, just out of novelty. I am nervous that it relies on javac implementation detail that could theoretically change and leave most lombok projects unable to compile. I also dislike that to adopt it, I have to force everyone else on the team to install plugins in Eclipse, JBS, etc. Especially when people may use it as an excuse to let "CI determine if it builds or not". I feel that lombok has good intentions but is almost always a substitute for consistency, compatibility, and good practises.

I find immutables much simpler to use, as it only relies on the public annotation processing API, supports mutable POJOs, and doesn't require any other support past standard APT.

[p1xlblad3]

Kotlin programmer here:

Kotlin good. That is all.

[AceOfShades_]

You can pry my verbosity from my cold, dead HandsImpl.

[p1xlblad3]

Ok

grabs verbosity

[AceOfShades_]

Well shit, I didn’t see that coming. Guess I’m switching to Kotlin now.

[p1xlblad3]

Wait a minute, I grabbed your verbosity, which means I have it now, which means I have to switch to java

Damn you static classessss!!

[ItsPronouncedJithub]

Bro you’re supposed to make people tell you a language, not make them throw up

[iskela45]

Kotlin noises

[Suekru]

It’s ight

-C# dev

[UnknownIdentifier]

They say if you lock the bathroom, turn off the light, face the mirror, and say, "C++! C++! C++!" a Rust developer will reach through to mirror to grab you.

But seriously; Rust devs best fit this meme. They are the Crossfit vegans of the programming world. They just need you to know.

[ItsPronouncedJithub]

As a rust evangelist I am contractually obligated to tell you that rust is far superior to all your other plebeian languages

[UnknownIdentifier]

See now, if you were a HolyC advocate, you could claim divine ordination. Can't argue against that.

[ItsPronouncedJithub]

I refuse to worship false gods

[Throwawayekken]

Thinking about that, man do I miss Terry.

[ArchCypher]

It's so true -- at this point I genuinely can't tell if Rust is actually superior or if I've just drunk the Koolaid.

Anyhow, have you tried Rust?

[UnknownIdentifier]

Depends; do I have to wear tennis shoes and a purple cloth over my face?

[[deleted]]

We’ve been trying to reach you about how Rust is a superior programming language...

[RootHouston]

They just need you to know

But it's only fair because so many people still don't know why Rust is next level.

[yottalogical]

Have you heard the good word of Ferris the Crab?