It's certainly worth learning, but I make no secret of my fondness for having local state when programming. It's critically important to consider the breadth an

It's certainly worth learning, but I make no secret of my fondness for having local state when programming. It's critically important to consider the breadth and quality of libraries available for your particular task as well as the tools available. With eclipse+maven+continuum+junit+jprofiler I can generate a hell of a lot of java very quickly, even if I didn't have access to my library of code segments.