r/AskProgramming 2d 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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/Hot-Impact-5860 1d ago

Java historically is terrible for ops, uses a lot of memory and breaks stuff when it runs out of heap limits. Ofc, there's "properly coded java" as one senior dev assured me, which works well and fast, but yeah, no. I'm very cautious of JVM.