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You could say Java is the new COBOL :) </tongue-in-cheek>


More like, "ha ha, only serious"

Object fields = Data Division; Bean = Copy Book

Practices that actively discourage functional style programming in favor of procedural style programming with widely scoped variables.

I'm glad Java is more widely used than C++, but it's a hard language to really love, despite being (mostly) how I earn my living.


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