• LeFantome@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I do not like Java but this is a strange argument. The people that invented Java felt that most of the C language should be wrapped in unsafe.

    Opinions can vary but saying Java is not a real language is evidence free name calling. One could just as easily say that any language that does not allow you to differentiate between safe and unsafe baheviour is incomplete and not a “real” language. It is not just the Java and C# people that may say this. As a C fan, I am sure you have heard Rust people scoff at C as a legacy language that was fine for its day but clearly outclassed now that the “real” languages have arrived. Are you any more correct than they are?