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delambo on July 30, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter: From Ruby on Rails to the JVM [video]

Coming from a Java workshop, I have noticed the exact opposite - the majority of Java developers I have worked with are unwilling to touch or experiment with anything other than Java, even languages on the JVM like Scala; alternatively, I have noticed python developers are much more open and agile when it comes to moving in and out of other languages.

kemiller on July 30, 2011 | [–]

Could that be because the experimental ones have already moved into Ruby/Python years ago? The Rails world certainly has a lot of ex-java programmers.

jsavimbi on July 30, 2011 | [–]

In retrospect, I should've said depending on the environment and the willingness of the devs involved, but yeah, they always find a way back to Java.

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