One of my biggest complaints is that core libraries and most popular libraries do not support method chaining, builders, or factories. This makes for extremely

One of my biggest complaints is that core libraries and most popular libraries do not support method chaining, builders, or factories. This makes for extremely verbose object creation and configuration. Similarly, the static typing syntax is one of the most verbose in existence. Another problem is asynchronous is hard, anonymous functions don't exist, and you have to resort to abstraction and design patterns in order to achieve what I would deem basic functionality.