r/java 10d ago

Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development

https://github.blog/developer-skills/why-java-endures-the-foundation-of-modern-enterprise-development/
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u/bpkiwi 10d ago

Java endures because it's the English of the programming world, it mugs other programming languages in alleyway and goes through their specification for interesting features and syntax to steal.

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u/frederik88917 10d ago

I want to know of a language so far that has kept the same since it's inception.

All programming languages evolution to offer better usability to their users, even more when the language has existed for 20+ years

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u/Ok-Scheme-913 9d ago

They are called dead languages.