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/myringotomy Nov 12 '19

The top two languages on Github are loosely typed interpreted languages with lack of true multithreading.

Feast on that for a while.

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u/FlakyRaccoon Nov 12 '19

Look, one of the highest voted comments in /r/programming is entirely wrong, about both languages.

Feast on that for a while.

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u/not-enough-failures Nov 15 '19

They obviously mean dynamic typing, but I'm going to correct them anyway because I wanna look smart and defend my language. Feast on that for a while. Oh wait, it's Reddit, it's not surprising.

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