Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy's Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of choice.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (3 children)

2024, Java is still the 2nd language on GitHub with 11,7% of the total code hosted, while Rust is number 13 with 1,8%

https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/4

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

Java has been around for decades longer than Rust, comparing total code numbers doesn't tell the whole story

[–] kameecoding 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's not the whole story, most of the Java code that exists is proprietary, java is undoubtedly #1

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh definitely, but I took GitHub as it should reflect "hobby projects"

[–] asdfasdfasdf 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You actually think there's more Java code than JavaScript? Basically every website in the world feels the need to use JS nowadays.

[–] kameecoding -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

obviously I wasn't counting JS because by sheer volume, HTML+CSS+JS will outnumber everything because it's the only combo for the browser.

but if you restrict it as JS for Backend, then obviously it's not even close to Java.

[–] asdfasdfasdf 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you can write off JS because "you have to use it because it's the internet" then I can write off Java because "you have to use it for billions of 20 year old legacy applications".

[–] kameecoding 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am not writing it off, I am saying it has no competition in the browser... therefore irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

and btw, even in the link https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/4 Javascript is not first, Python is, over Java.

but once again, you would actually have to look for the backed JS applications, you are not choosing java over JS for the web, at best you would choose JSF and that still uses javascript.

[–] cashews_best_nut 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is Big Coffee paying you to shill Java all over this post?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

If only... More seriously, I want Lemmy/Kbin/Sublinks to succeed, and the development rhythm of Lemmy made me perplex for a while.

A new option with a more popular language could address this.

[–] Archer 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Check the back of every dollar for an Oracle database support contract, that’s how they get you!