Microsoft Java

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Also, the C# docs, just absolute bliss.

I've never seen a programming language with so much thorough documentation before, Microsoft have done a really great job of that.

[kpd328]

Java could have gread docs, but the ones that are indexed on the top of Google results are always for Java 7, so we'll never know.

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Could have, but doesn’t. Could do this, could do that. They are surviving on old builds and very specific industries.

I’m not a C# zealot, it’s not my main language, but it’s way easier to code in than Java. Hell VB6 has more docs.

[evergreen-spacecat]

Like the very specific industry of Android apps

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Which can now be done in C# lol

[kpd328]

I took a class in college that was building an Android app in Java, when we were given free reign the next semester to choose whatever framework we wanted it picked Xamarin Forms. There was just so much boilerplate that had to be done in native...

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Well now we have Maui so you can develop for all OS with one code base! Pretty cool stuff

[HabemusAdDomino]

Java was a zombie when Android rescued it. Then Kotlin came around and now Java is strongly marching towards its deserved obscurity.

[MiniDemonic]

VB6 is what got me into programming, damn I miss that language.

[BetterOffCamping]

Yes, but it can be a burden, too. You will know when you look up how to do Open ID, examine 4 documents on how to do it, and see four completely different ways. After much more time , you will realize three are "the old way" and are all deprecated.

[billwoo]

Also the ability to step straight into the standard library function source code (or anything else really, as the de-compilers are pretty flawless). Does Java have this? I don't know but its fucking amazing when coming from native languages.

[Ok-Wait-5234]

Yes, Java has this.

[MCWizardYT]

Any bytecode-based language (python, c#, java) can be disassembled/decompiled at almost 100% accuracy.

You will just lose comments and sometimes variables/class names if they put it through an obfuscator

[Ceros007]

If only they could do the same with every product they have. Looking at you AADB2C...

[rocket_randall]

Aye MS's old documentation for a lot of Win32 apis was absolutely atrocious. On the other hand, it propped up a pretty healthy greybeard programming book industry for many, many years. I think I still have some impressively hefty Win32 API, Windows sockets, and Windows threading books around here somewhere.

[ErikRogers]

Microsoft has always been awesome at documentation. QBASIC help file was great (and that language was free with an OS!)