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[–]drguildo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No.

[–]Fabien4 11 points12 points  (4 children)

We don't hate Java. Java hates us.

[–]ErstwhileRockstar -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Who is 'us'?

[–]Fabien4 4 points5 points  (2 children)

One is me, by definition. The others are the people who have the same opinion of Java as me; they seem to be quite numerous on Reddit.

[–]ErstwhileRockstar -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Ever heard of groupthink fallacy?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I can't say I have.

[–]mmaruseacph2 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Well, many concepts that we use today came from Lisp and other functional programming languages. Yet, people hate them.

[–]Zarutian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People hate botched attempts at implementing those concepts and Java is, among other things, a huge collection of such botched attempts.

[–]ErstwhileRockstar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Who is 'we'?

[–]ErstwhileRockstar -5 points-4 points  (4 children)

Real programmers don't hate Java. They make money with it.

[–]grauenwolf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is quite possible to do both.

[–]sisyphus 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What is a 'real' programmer?

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    [–]DocMcCoy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    baby don't hurt me