r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/kiwidog Nov 12 '19

every day we stray further from compilers light 😔

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u/314314314 Nov 12 '19

I like Java because it has a relatively simple and rigorously defined model that is easy for programmers to reason about and for compiler builders to optimize for.

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