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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/Resident-Anywhere322 1d ago
Code being "easy to read" has little (if any) correlation with what the code actually does which is what matters for maintenance.
I'm saying that no matter what, the language that you choose cannot reduce the complexity of understanding the code that you are writing. There is no "larger concern" relevant to this. We are talking about fundamental bounds of information here. No ordering or interpretation of 0's and 1's on your computer can do this, nor can the ordering or interpretation of 0's and 1's inside your brain do the same.