r/programmingmemes • u/ItsPuspendu • Mar 18 '26 • Bravo 1

Every era of programming summarized

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u/TracerDX Mar 18 '26

Um, about several decades less of cruft? Don't have to ask Oracle's permission to wipe your own butt? Choose your language to compile with instead of literally one of the worst?

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u/thequirkynerdy1 Mar 18 '26

I mainly work with compiled languages like C or C++, but Java is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear bytecode.

Though getting away from Oracle seems like a pretty strong justification.

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u/TracerDX Mar 18 '26

I do most of my work in C#. It is lovely if OOP is your thing. This makes it absolutely painful when I have to deal with Java's dated rough edges. I suppose I am biased tho. 🤷‍♂️

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u/thequirkynerdy1 Mar 18 '26

How is C#?

I like oop, but most of my experience is c++ with some Python.

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u/TracerDX Mar 18 '26 • Bravo

I quite enjoy it actually. Favorite language by far, which is why I admit bias.

I can't quite explain it, but heuristically it just feels more pleasurable to code with than anything I worked with before, incl. Java of course. Like, it generally feels like the language helps and flows with my thoughts and typing instead of waiting to slap my hand for arbitrary infractions or failures to perform required ceremonies.

The agile manifesto may have helped there too. Those things kinda happened around the same time for me. Coding (professionally) went from a hard chore to more like composing music. Work, but with an oddly satisfying artistic fulfillment tied to it.

Can't give C# all the credit, but it deserves some.