• maeries@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I’m not a programmer, but why is Java so high up? Are that many devices still running it?

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      1 year ago

      It’s fairly ingrained in the programming world now. A lot of common problems are known and solved. A lot of devs can code in Java with little uptake. Java runs everywhere. The tools are pretty good.

      Desktop apps and servers run it. So like, processing things and all that run well with it.

      As mentioned before, Android uses it too. So there’s a lot going on.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of commercial apps are built with it. And if you’re not using Kotlin, you’re probably using Java for Android dev.

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        1 year ago

        And if you’re not using Kotlin, you’re probably using Java for Android dev.

        Java is the dominant platform for web services, and some companies including FANGs even standardized their whole infrastructure around it.

        Also, Java is basically the default programming language in some degrees.