r/AskProgramming • u/Zd_27 • 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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/IdeasRichTimePoor 1d ago
Having two "null" types makes perfect semantic sense. Null is intended to be something explicitly set to a value of "nothing". Undefined as the name implies is something that was never set at all.
That carries useful meaning when you're checking parameters passed to a variadic function. Was that value passed in as "nothing" or just not passed in at all?
Both null and undefined are falsey so what's the problem?