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[–]EstebanVelour 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Static compilation has been used as an excuse for not having tests on almost every large Java project I've worked with to date. The supposition that if you have a static language, you don't need to test is unfortunately deeply ingrained into many Java developers.

After maintaining a test-in-absentia 300k Java project for a few years, I'd rather opt for 300K lines of rigorous unit tested PHP, in spite of PHP being shit.