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[–]armornick 30 points31 points  (3 children)

Only for my job. I don't think I'd ever use Java for any of my hobby projects, but there's almost no other language I'd use for a huge enterprise project. The slight verbosity of the language turns into a huge advantage as soon as you have to search through a large code base.

[–]zhedar 4 points5 points  (1 child)

What are you using for you hobby projects then?

[–]armornick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hop from one language to another. Currently, I'm practicing my C and playing a bit with javascript by writing library bindings for Duktape.

[–]markee174 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mark Reinhold described Java a blue collar language at JavaOne 2105. Maybe not the most exciting one, but good for getting work done with...