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		insanitybit on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java 21 makes me like Java again [..] a programming language designer should be responsible for the mistakes that are made by the programmers using the language. It's very easy to persuade the customers of your language that everything that goes wrong is their fault and not yours. I rejected that... - Tony Hoare

palata on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

I feel like it often goes in the other extreme: "if a 2 years old cannot use it, it's too hard".

I am fine with requiring that professionals know their tools, even if I'm well aware that this is not the norm.

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