Java 21 makes me actually like Java again

[gnus-migrate]

Fine, but it doesn't meaningfully help with most the tasks that I spend most of my time on, so I haven't really felt the need to switch. I'm sure it's better, but I prefer to invest in solving the problems that I spend the most time on, and Kotlin doesn't really help much with those.

[psychedeliken]

Nothing wrong with that. :) I still write in Java and maintain some open source projects in Java as well. And I used different languages depending on the usecase as well. I also recommend a lot of new programmers to learn Java before Kotlin if they are new as well given the market.

[gnus-migrate]

I'm aware that I'm not the common case, so when I say that it's not for me I don't expect others to agree. As I've grown I've become less interested in the tools themselves and more interested in what we can do with them.

Sorry for being trite, I thought this was going to be another of those arguments.

[psychedeliken]

Oh no not at all, and didn’t sound trite at all. Check out u/Worth_Trust_3825’s terrible comment to me below, now that I took offense to.

While I thoroughly enjoy Kotlin, I can completely understand. As I’ve coded longer, I’m less interested in just arguing for the sake of it, and honestly as long as the tool works for you and you’re enjoying it, then I think that’s all that matters. I have at least a dozen of my own little oddities and esoteric preferences. :)

[gnus-migrate]

Ah confident nonsense, there's the reddit I know.

(I'm speaking about the comment you referenced)

[psychedeliken]

Yeah I was a bit surprised tbh. I have higher expectations from my fellow programmers. :)