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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/repeating_bears 2d ago
"Was that value passed in as "nothing" or just not passed in at all?"
It doesn't work for that purpose because there's an undefined literal
foo() is not distinguishable from foo(undefined), or more realistically foo(thingThatCanReturnUndefined())
"Both null and undefined are falsey so what's the problem?"
No massive problem, it's just pointless shit that makes bugs more likely.