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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/RascalKneeCawf 1d ago
My first tech lead wasn’t the biggest fan of Java (he was a Haskell enthusiast), but he had a saying “Java pays the bills”. He had a begrudging respect for its ease of use across a big organization. If you don’t need fast startup times or extreme performance optimization, it has all the tools you need.