. @cfurmaniak @AdamBien Seriously puzzled how one can *love* Java, honestly. Tolerate, accept, practice, recommend it? OK. But like it? No.
Nov 17, 2012 · 2:52 PM UTC
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@stilkov @cfurmaniak I meant: I really like pogramming in Java. I even enjoy it more now than in 1995 :-)
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@stilkov I can't say I love Java, but what are top 5 things you dislike so much about it? I think generics are poor, and Beans are a plague.
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@VaughnVernon I guess I'd add verbosity/manifest typing, lack of literals for maps, no closures, no metaprogramming
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@stilkov Love is an action, not a state. Some people choose to love what they do, regardless of the details. I don't love it, but to each...
@stilkov The relationship between a language's features and a person's reactions to them is unconstrained. // @cfurmaniak @AdamBien
@stilkov @cfurmaniak @AdamBien Java 8 will make it easier. The new collection looks a lot like Scala. Of course Scala is still much cooler!