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officialchicken 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Choosing Go at American Express (2019)

Oracle's lawsuit against Google's use of Java API's started in 2019[0]. The writing was on the wall; many Java shops started looking at other options.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_....

scarface_74 9 months ago | [–]

The lawsuit started in 2009

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America....

Larrikin 9 months ago | [–]

So if you're a Java shop you pick Scala because it seems amazing until you read about real world usage/find out for yourself, and then you pick Kotlin.

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