• Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
    29·
    4 days ago

    PieFed seems to have taken the spot as well, mostly delivering on what Sublinks wanted to be but faster and better. Python is more attractive than Java even for the Rust haters.

    • Shadow@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      4 days ago

      Everyone is ok with Python. It’s a reasonable choice that’s well known, well understood and doesn’t have a lot of negatives. There’s a million libraries for it so it’s easy to get started and add support for new things.

      I’ve never met a hobbyist developer who writes Java for fun. It lives in the enterprise world mostly, and not much else that I’ve seen.

      • branch@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        8·
        4 days ago

        From what I remember, the idea was that since a lot of people already use Java for work, they wouldn’t have to relearn a language to contribute.