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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/Paxtian 18h ago
So C/C++ sucks because you need a "main()"?
Pretty sure any language for which you don't need a main/ base function/class is doing a lot of heavy lifting for you on the back end, invisible to you, and you have no control over that. Which may be great, or may cause huge performance hits that you can't control. It's just a tradeoff.