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Originally posted by Anthony on December 31, 2022 in Foojay.io Discussions.

It is a pity you didn’t look outside of Java for alternatives. With our time over, we would not have used Java. The costs are too high; in resource use, security risks, maintenance cycles and patching, tooling needs, etc. Other languages from JavaScript to C# to Go and Python, all carry less baggage, and even seem to promote happier teams of developers (for some reason).

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Originally posted by Brian Vermeer on January 4, 2023 in Foojay.io Discussions.

@anthony
On what do you base all these claims? This sounds like a bunch of claims from over a decade ago that people are repeating without any consideration on what Java (the language, the ecosystem and the community) is today.

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Originally posted by Octavian on January 6, 2023 in Foojay.io Discussions.

“Unguided adoption of a new language may result in non-idiomatic code. Ironically, introducing a new language then causes technical debt from the start. This effect compounds if your team is growing fast.” — I really enjoyed this formulation. Very pragmatic and spot-on, indeed!