On 07/08/2016 15:32, Kent Fredric wrote: >> Let them use java* codes, as that is what all the universities are >> > teaching and promoting. I agree >> > with gentoo proper on severely restricting java*, on gentoo-proper, >> > but that sort of thing is killing gentoo and just appears to the open >> > world as a filter mechanism to keep out and go elsewhere, snoot. >> > There are just too many exciting and useful codes out there running >> > java. > "All" ? Some. And the dominance and focus on Java is itself telling of > the quality and type of the education provider. > > Some education providers may not touch Java at all, and focus > predominantly on C. > > You can't satisfy everyone out of the box. >
I have no idea where James gets his information from, but I suspect it's a niche market where uni students do "clustering" - whatever that is. The interesting apps out there are mostly running python, go and (sometimes) lua. And that's what I observe in my day job - business/mobile ISP. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
