Comment on Anon tries programming in Java

babybus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• pinkystew@reddthat.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We bow to your wisdom, wise gatekeeper

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  • lurklurk@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s like 5 lines of code

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    • Malfeasant@lemm.ee ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Some of us try to understand what we’re doing, rather than just copy/paste. It’s easy to discount how difficult learning the basics of something is when you’re already past it.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And most IDEs will autogenerate it for you.

      That said, I think it highlights everything I hate about Java:

      public class MyClass {

      Why does it need to be a class? I’m not constructing anything?

      public static void main(String[] args) {

      Why is this a method? It should be a top-level function. Also, in most cases, I don’t care about the arguments, so those should be left out.

      System.out.println(“Hello world!”);

      Excuse me, what? Where did System come from, and why does it have an “out” static member? Also, how would I format it if I felt so inclined? So many questions.

      And here are examples from languages I prefer:

      C:

      #include “stdio.h”

      Ok, makes sense, I start with nothing.

      int main() {

      Makes sense that we’d have an entrypoint.

      printf(“Hello world”);

      Again, pretty simple.

      Python:

      print(“Hello world”)

      Ok, Python cheats.

      Rust:

      void main() {

      Ooh, entrypoint.

      println!(“Hello world”);

      I have to understand macros enough to realize this is special, but that’s it.

      In C, Python, and Rust, complexity starts later, whereas Java shoves it down your throat.

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  • babybus@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thank you. If you bothered to read a 5 minutes tutorial instead of posting to 4chan, you could also reach this level of knowledge.

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    • pinkystew@reddthat.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t be mad, you’re the one that posted

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      • babybus@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I thanked you for your reply and suggested reading a tutorial. How does that make me mad and upset? You’re acting weird.

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