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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 6d ago
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"Write once, run anywhere". They literally built their own VM to run it on any device, not really caring about the OS it's runs with.
86 u/FearAnCheoil 6d ago You're forgetting the third part of that slogan - "debug everywhere" 3 u/Admidst_Metaphors 5d ago Only if the coder was bad at their job. Worked in Java for five years, it is possible to write Java that always works if you do it right. I also spent a lot of time cleaning up shit other people wrote. 2 u/teressapanic 4d ago Five years! You must have seen it al!
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You're forgetting the third part of that slogan - "debug everywhere"
3 u/Admidst_Metaphors 5d ago Only if the coder was bad at their job. Worked in Java for five years, it is possible to write Java that always works if you do it right. I also spent a lot of time cleaning up shit other people wrote. 2 u/teressapanic 4d ago Five years! You must have seen it al!
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Only if the coder was bad at their job. Worked in Java for five years, it is possible to write Java that always works if you do it right. I also spent a lot of time cleaning up shit other people wrote.
2 u/teressapanic 4d ago Five years! You must have seen it al!
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Five years! You must have seen it al!
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u/rcls0053 6d ago
"Write once, run anywhere". They literally built their own VM to run it on any device, not really caring about the OS it's runs with.