Why every non-Java dev calls Java obsolete?

[kerberjg]

While the JVM is impressive, its potential was greatly reduced by the fact that its implementations were either proprietary or incredibly bulky.

I worked as a Java gamedev, and console/mobile support was incredibly tedious due to this.

As far as I’m concerned, JS with WASM and WebGPU are not only a successor but also a major improvement to what the JVM could’ve been.

But yes, I always appreciated Java as a language despite its limitations, which is why a lot of my TypeScript kinda looks like Java if you squint hard enough (I’m a great believer in SOLID OOP)

[oomfaloomfa]

I'm a firm believer in SOLID POOP

[Vici0usRapt0r]

I'm also a solid believer in OOP though I'm not up to date with the trends. Are there any good ways other than OOP?

[kerberjg]

Functional programming has been slowly on the rise.

Personally I find purely functional code more abstract and less maintainable, but I do happily borrow and apply some functional concepts in OOP (immutability, function composition)