Kotlin Is Better
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Kotlin Is Better
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Re: Kotlin Is Better
#2Why my programming languages are smarter than whatever dumb writer that
knows nothing about my toolset and my needs is at hand with his trivial
cliches.
Re: Kotlin Is Better
#3Why my programming languages are smarter than whatever dumb writer that knows nothing about my toolset and my needs is at hand with his trivial cliches.
>whatever dumb writer
You're new to this HN thing? Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts...
Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
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#4Why my programming languages are smarter than whatever dumb writer that knows nothing about my toolset and my needs is at hand with his trivial cliches.
Please read the article.
Also, I don't believe Steve Yegge is dumb...
Re: Kotlin Is Better
#5Two thoughts. First, I also thought Android programming was horrible at first, but have since come to see it as no worse on average than iOS programming. The only really sucky thing about it IMO is the lack of ability to pass an object to another activity without serializing it (or maybe there is one I don't know about.) But since everything is done with fragments now that's moot anyway.
Second, I tried Kotlin and liked it a lot, but found it so much like Swift that my brain kept thinking it was Swift, so I ended up making mistakes and getting frustrated. That would probably go away with experience though.
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#6Why my programming languages are smarter than whatever dumb writer that knows nothing about my toolset and my needs is at hand with his trivial cliches.
Did you read the first line of the post?
Re: Kotlin Is Better
#7Why my programming languages are smarter than whatever dumb writer that knows nothing about my toolset and my needs is at hand with his trivial cliches.
> whatever dumb writer You're new to this HN thing? Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts... Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
> You're new to this HN thing?
No, not really.
> Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts...
Well, I haven't noticed.
> Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
Actually, to TFA as well. His arguments are trivial generics without much substance. Such articles irritate me greatly.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> whatever dumb writer You're new to this HN thing? Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts... Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
> You're new to this HN thing? No, not really. > Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts... Well, I haven't noticed. > Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA. Actually, to TFA as well. His arguments are trivial generics without much substance. Such articles irritate me greatly.
> Well, I haven't noticed.
Don't feel bad, Sergey Brin also thought he was annoying at one point in time.
Personally I think it's cool that he's well known enough to annoy Sergey Brin but that's just me.
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#9> Kotlin Is Better Than Whatever Dumb Language You're Using
Hab SoSlI' Quch!
Re: Kotlin Is Better
#10Two thoughts. First, I also thought Android programming was horrible at first, but have since come to see it as no worse on average than iOS programming. The only really sucky thing about it IMO is the lack of ability to pass an object to another activity without serializing it (or maybe there is one I don't know about.) But since everything is done with fragments now that's moot anyway. Second, I tried Kotlin and li…
It's hard to pass objects like that because it's a terrible idea. If you can't serialize the object then your state isn't stored and you'll possibly lose that object on a screen rotation and activity restart.