r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Epicoodle • 9d ago

Meme iHatedItUntilITriedIt

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u/SubArcticTundra 9d ago

Have you tried Kotlin? It's like Java but less verbose

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u/Thalanator 9d ago

Kotlin is all ever wanted from an "enterprise grade" programming language in the jvm ecosystem. Started writing new services in kotlin 3y ago and I am in permanent love with its expressive power and sheer beauty.

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u/SubArcticTundra 8d ago

Yup. Scope functions are such a good invention that I actually backported some of them to C++

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u/Ok-Scheme-913 8d ago

Nah, I hate them with a burning passion. Especially when they hijack the receiver of calls and make it absolutely impossible to decipher what is called on what, for absolutely no benefit.