How do people stand Java?

Storyyeller · 2011-07-12T16:20:48

I don't have much experience in Java (I've mostly done C++). However, whenever I try it, it seems very awkward to program in. A lot of common features like operator overloading and first class functions are missing, so it seems to require unnecessarily complicated constructs and boilerplate code to accomplish simple tasks. This isn't a necessary difference with high level languages either. I've done a little C# and Python programming, and they are much nicer to work with. But Java is a commonly used language. So I feel I'm missing something. Perhaps due to my unfamiliarity with the language, I don't understand all the tricks and idioms that people use in Java to make programming easier. So the question is, how do people stand Java?

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Started by Storyyeller July 08, 2011 04:05 AM

49 comments, last by Washu 12 years, 10 months ago

Washu

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July 12, 2011 04:20 PM

Closing this topic... it's not really necessary (there are plenty of java/C#/C++ threads.

Also, this is for beginners, not the appropriate venue for this kind of a discussion.

In time the project grows, the ignorance of its devs it shows, with many a convoluted function, it plunges into deep compunction, the price of failure is high, Washu's mirth is nigh.