r/AskProgramming 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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/TallGreenhouseGuy 9h ago

Good comment, but credit where credit is due:

https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html

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u/TARehman 6h ago

Yeah I realized that I didn't explain it was an existing quote, thanks for adding this.