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iso@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I heard there’s an improved version around, I think they call it JavaScript? Its name is longer so it stands to reason that it should be much better!

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  • stevecrox@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So I know thats a joke but...

    With Java 11's inclusion of 'var' I have successfully copied JavaScript code into Java without needing to change anything.

    I judge the direction Java is going in

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    • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Var actually goes hard in Java ngl

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• deur@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No sorry, I don’t know Java so I can’t easily contribute. There are so many people like me!!! We should write it in python so we can reach a wider audience of contributors. From 13 year olds, career and hobby devs, and academia!

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  • NotMelon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Let’s rewrite whole Debian Operating system in Python. I mean everything from Kernel, drivers etc all the way to user apps like browser, games, multimedia player etc.

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … That also means figuring out how to get python to bootstrap itself. I’m in

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  • nutomic@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s called Piefed. Golang and Ruby are still missing though. Maybe even an implementation in C.

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• pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  you meant ‘they should rewrite it in python’ right?

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