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Java vs. Kotlin: A Classic JVM Standoff
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Java vs. Kotlin: A Classic JVM Standoff

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A four-panel meme using stills from the TV series Westworld to depict the relationship between Java and Kotlin. In the top-left panel, a somewhat naive-looking cowboy is labeled 'Kotlin'. The top-right panel shows the ground labeled 'Java', with a shadow cast upon it labeled 'Kotlin', symbolizing that Kotlin runs on the JVM, which is Java's foundation. The bottom-left panel features the formidable 'Man in Black' character, labeled 'Java', representing the language's long-standing, powerful, and intimidating presence. The final panel shows 'Java' as the Man in Black, drawing his gun for a duel. A watermark for 't.me/dev_meme' is visible in the bottom-left panel. The meme humorously captures the dynamic in the software world, especially in Android and backend development, where the modern, streamlined Kotlin is a popular choice but must still contend with the massive, deeply entrenched, and ever-evolving Java ecosystem. It's a classic 'newcomer vs. the old guard' narrative

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Kotlin brought null safety and coroutines to the duel, but Java just reminded everyone that it owns the entire town, the saloon, and the JVM itself
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Kotlin brought null safety and coroutines to the duel, but Java just reminded everyone that it owns the entire town, the saloon, and the JVM itself

  2. Anonymous

    Kotlin saunters in boasting coroutines and null-safety; Java just spins the cylinder on its 500-jar Maven revolver and mutters, “Cast all the shadows you want, kid - prod still targets 1.8.”

  3. Anonymous

    Kotlin walks into town with null safety and coroutines, but Java's still there collecting rent on 90% of the enterprise infrastructure while muttering about how real cowboys use synchronized blocks

  4. Anonymous

    Kotlin walks into the JVM saloon thinking it's the new sheriff in town, only to realize Java's been running the whole operation for 25+ years, has the entire enterprise ecosystem on speed dial, and Kotlin's just compiling down to Java bytecode anyway. Sure, Kotlin's got null safety and coroutines, but Java's got Spring Boot, legacy codebases that will outlive us all, and every Fortune 500's backend. It's not a duel - it's more like Kotlin asking Java for permission to exist on the same runtime

  5. Anonymous

    Kotlin quickdraws with data classes, but that Java posse still ambushes with unchecked exceptions at high noon

  6. Anonymous

    Call it Kotlin if you like, but the casing on the ground still reads .class

  7. Anonymous

    In the Kotlin vs Java showdown, Kotlin brings null-safety; Java hands it a platform type from a 2011 JAR and watches java.lang.NullPointerException do the shooting

  8. @Tenoooo 5y

    Is it true? 😂

  9. @AlexSokolov88 5y

    https://t.me/sendmegifs/269

  10. @angrydavin 5y

    Ахахпхахах

  11. @angrydavin 5y

    I'm sorry, hahahahaha

  12. Deleted Account 5y

    Нужна пояснительная бригада

    1. @kulikov0 5y

      Java is old, but gold

      1. Deleted Account 5y

        Kotlin is new and even golder

        1. dev_meme 5y

          And super sweet, thanks to tons of sugar!

          1. Deleted Account 5y

            nice

      2. @glcky 5y

        ++

      3. @p4vook 5y

        Java is bad but kotlin is worse

        1. @Supuhstar 5y

          Kotlin is better than Java, worse than Swift

          1. @p4vook 5y

            You can get sugar diabetes from kotlin

            1. @Supuhstar 5y

              Lolwut

          2. @caesar_84 5y

            I wouldn't say Swift is better, especially when switching between Kotlin and Swift in a KMM project :)

            1. @Supuhstar 5y

              What's KMM?

              1. @caesar_84 5y

                Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile https://kotlinlang.org/lp/mobile/

        2. @kulikov0 5y

          Hail scala

    2. @RiedleroD 5y

      please only use English in this chat, @pidgin1

      1. @iammaxus 5y

        We need an explanatory crew*

        1. @RiedleroD 5y

          yeah, no, sorry. I don't understand the meme either.

        2. dev_meme 5y

          That’s about Kotlin (well, devs who use it) always insulting Java devs and Java in overall

    3. @p4vook 5y

      *cohort

    4. Deleted Account 5y

      old but gold

      1. @affirvega 5y

        nice username

  13. Deleted Account 5y

    What

  14. @kulikov0 5y

    Say it to legacy

  15. @p4vook 5y

    And java is 🐔

    1. @Supuhstar 5y

      Yeah, Java cocked things up

  16. @shoh_januzakov 5y

    What's the movie?

    1. Deleted Account 5y

      A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) • Movie ​​1h56min ⭐️6.1 IMDB    Director: Seth MacFarlane Actors: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried Genres: 🤣 Comedy, 🌵 Western A Million Ways to Die in the West is a movie starring Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, and Liam Neeson. As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his newly found courage to the test when...

      1. @shoh_januzakov 5y

        Thanx

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