I think it's a few different reasons: - There is a lot about Java elsewhere - Java isn't so interesting and is probably used at a lot of HNers for work. - Ja

I think it's a few different reasons: - There is a lot about Java elsewhere - Java isn't so interesting and is probably used at a lot of HNers for work. - Java doesn't represent the future of programming to many, though it's advances in tandem with keeping backwards compatibility are respectable.