Comment on Anon tries programming in Java

• lurklurk@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s like 5 lines of code

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  • Malfeasant@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨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 ⁨13⁩ ⁨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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨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 ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • babybus@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨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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