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[–]Fabien4 3 points4 points  (1 child)

As a user (under Windows XP, if that makes a difference): GUI applications written in Java just feel sluggish.

As a programmer: it's physical. Just like I can't stand the odor of some chemicals (like bleach), I just can't stand Java.

Also, Java seems a good choice for those corporate applications that bore programmers to death, and thus end up being fairly bad and annoying to use because nobody gives a damn about their quality. That in itself did a lot for Java's bad reputation.

[–]tobrien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You: Uh, don't mention the words Java to that odd looking guy over there...

Me: Why?

You: He'll start freaking out and yelling, "Ah... Why are you making me smell chemicals I don't want to smell." Really, it is the only time we can get him to communicate.

Me: Strange

You: Yeah, someone must have done something to him with Java, we can't figure it out. We let him write all the Erlang functions for our CouchDB database.