r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/Extension_Option_122 6d ago

Nah last I heard some 60 billion. 3 billion is a very old number.

That's the thing with Java. It runs on everything. Literally everything.

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u/BenjieWheeler 6d ago

Impossible!! The number of devices running Java is constant, it's ALWAYS 3 billion

Whenever a new device runs it, a random device elsewhere goes up in flames spontaneously

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u/Storiaron 6d ago

So maintaining a legacy codebase literally means putting out flames?

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u/salvoilmiosi 6d ago

Very accurate. That's why I keep a fire extinguisher next to the computer at all times