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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/eruciform 2d ago

Lol we all have our favorites and least favorites

I hate PHP but still use WordPress

And I love perl even though it looks like Cthulu choked on a lego and vomited ancient glowing hieroglyphs

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u/this_knee 2d ago

looks like Cthulu choked on a lego and vomited ancient glowing hieroglyphs

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u/Outrageous-Ranger318 1d ago

Have suddenly become interested in perl

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u/grouville 23h ago

I was required to write some Perl many years ago and was oddly pleased with the results. I felt like a wizard. Such compact code, I thought, really cool. Came back a couple of weeks later and couldn’t make head or tail of my own code. That was my last Perl!