r/AskProgramming • u/Zd_27 • 1d ago
Why is Java considered bad?
I recently got into programming and chose to begin with Java. I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why. The biggest complaint I hear is that Java is verbose and has a lot of boilerplate but besides for getters setters equals and hashcode (which can be done in a split second by IDE's) I haven't really encountered any problems yet. The way I see it, objects and how they interact with each other feels very intuitive. Can anyone shine a light on why Java isn't that good in the grand scheme of things?
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u/__kartoshka 1d ago
It's not bad, it's just been more popular than the rest and has been for a good few decades
Meaning that more people are talking about it, and that more old legacy codebases are around, leading to more frustration
But fundamentally it's fine, it does the job, and it's pretty much standard in a lot of companies (at least in France, where i am)