C++ by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16
C plus plus is what you get when you want to have all of:
  • ability to write DRY code, which is e.g. impossible in the C
  • low level control, notably not having garbage collection, as possible in the C
  • somewhat backwards compatibility with C
Java is good.
Its boilerplate requirement is a pain, but the design is otherwise very clean.
But its ecosystem sucks.
The development process is rather closed, the issue tracker obscure.
And above all, Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. killed everybody's trust in it once and for all. Thanks Oracle.
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Java for the Haters in 100 Seconds by Fireship (2022)
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GIF by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16
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It's pronounced GIF by Jehtt (2022)
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Ordnance Survey by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16
Has some of the best map data available for the United Kingdom, but their data appears to be proprietary?
Josephson phase by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16
A function defined by the second of the Josephson equations plus initial conditions.
It represents an internal state of the junction.
Schön scandal by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated 2025-07-16
One is reminded of Nick Leeson.
One things must be said: the root cause of all of this is the replication crisis.
This is why he managed to go on for so long.
People felt it was normal to have to try for one or two years to replicate a paper.
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The man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize by BobbyBroccoli (2021)
Source. Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDoml-Db64&list=PLAB-wWbHL7Vsfl4PoQpNsGp61xaDDiZmh&index=1

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