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		itsjustme2 on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Java 21 makes me like Java again I agree, Java is wordy, ritualistic, and prone to overcomplication. Build/run/write loops are slow and painful, and frameworks and toolkits try to do so much that they inevitably get in the way.

wscp-dev on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

Not by that much... the problem is Java's build systems. Theyre what complicate and slow down java development 90% of the time.

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