alt Hacker News> how "worse is better" started to win
> first Java over C++
...really? Java was literally created to fix C++ issues.
> then python and javascript over Java
That's just different, not worse.
> how "worse is better" started to win
> first Java over C++
...really? Java was literally created to fix C++ issues.
> then python and javascript over Java
That's just different, not worse.
Java is based on Objective-C/Smalltalk, not on C++. It's strictly worse than its original too. There's a lot to be said for the rule of least power, but it's not nearly powerful enough.