The reason I'm being terse with you and perhaps a bit rude is that you started this reply thread by insulting my opinions for no reason and then continued to reply with what I believe to be both bad faith readings of my comments and naturally argumentative. I know HN values skepticism, but honestly it's tiresome. Anyways, here's my clarifying my previous comment. Please keep in mind that I fully expect you to read this in bad faith, so I've added sarcasm overtly.
Java, for me, personally, in my opinion, is on thin ice. I personally, in my opinion, would never work at a "Java shop" because in my opinion, personally, it conveys a disregard for technical suitability and individuality and supports the idea that engineers should be expendable. I believe, in my opinion, personally, that Java is, as you say, "popular" because it's forced on many workplaces by management. I don't think, in my opinion, personally, that it's a "bad" language, but its heavy use is not proportional to how "good" it is. I don't think my willingness to respond but refusal to be berated by an internet stranger is rude, and yes, I believe you have a vendetta, just like I have a vendetta against Java. If you have to use it, fine -- the above will insulate you from the really terrible things java does, in my opinion, personally. My real advice is don't use java, but see how that's a bad faith response? That's why I kept it to myself.
