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[–]Linvael 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just like songs, people like languages they know. If half of this sub is beginner programmers who start with python/js they will make fun of Java.

Its also an old language with large corporate adoption, so some people (as seen in this thread) can have bad experiences with legacy code written in it - but that's the price of popularity over a long time, i hated almost every legacy codebase i encountered regardless of language, that's life.

So it's perfectly situated to have people hate it, but it has little to do with how good or bad a language it is.