- From: Krzysztof Janowicz <janowicz@ucsb.edu>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:31:39 -0700
- To: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>, semantic-web@w3.org
I could not resists (sorry) but actually Java is the most popular language, not JS [1] and I also do not see how JS can would be 'more modern'. Anyway, I guess the /semantics/ of all these rankings is essentially unclear as they measure different things. I also believe that a programing language should not be selected by hype but by language features, e.g., whether it enforced type safety and so forth. Best, Krzysztof [1] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ On 10/27/2017 09:48 AM, David Booth wrote: > On 10/27/2017 11:26 AM, Sebastian Samaruga wrote: >> [ . . . ] The whole project is planned to be implemented in Java > > I'm curious: why Java? Have you considered JavaScript / ES6? > JavaScript is now the most widely used programming language[1], and it > now has very solid server-side support. A more modern language may > attract more volunteers also. Unless there are over-riding concerns > pushing you to Java, I would suggest considering JavaScript / ES6. > > 1. > https://stackify.com/trendiest-programming-languages-hottest-sought-programming-languages-2017/ > > David Booth > -- Krzysztof Janowicz Geography Department, University of California, Santa Barbara 4830 Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060 Email: jano@geog.ucsb.edu Webpage: http://geog.ucsb.edu/~jano/ Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
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