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RE: Yet another calculator 10-03-2015, 11:55 AM
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I've always been told the first step to java is to reconsider as it's a terrible language, would you recommend it?
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RE: Yet another calculator 10-03-2015, 09:53 PM
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While Java sure has some downside, I wouldn't tell anyone to ever reconsider. It's one of the most popular, if not the most popular, programming language in America at the moment. Looking at github statistics you can see the popularity and the actual continued growth of the language even now. I believe most computer science, computer engineering, CIS, majors teach Java in their introductory programming language classes. This ensures that new batches of programmers are all gaining a basic foundation of Java. You could say that it's saturating the language and you'd rather learn something else, but it's also increasing the longevity of the language and ensuring it's relevance. Java is extremely popular in majority of tech companies so for those looking for a job, it'll be useful to understand the environment you're in and what you'll most likely have to be working with anyway.
Doesn't mean you have to like it or use it all the time, but just understand you'll come across it quite often so a little knowledge won't hurt you is all.
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