I used to be a "Java hater" when I didn't understand the real purpose of the language or didn't even write in it. I was pretty young and it was cool to hate it.

I used to be a "Java hater" when I didn't understand the real purpose of the language or didn't even write in it. I was pretty young and it was cool to hate it. but nowadays, I think having a common runtime plus a language that can exploit that is quite nice. having written some java lately, it was a refreshing break from the brutalism of C. looking forward to whatever they bring to the table! EDIT: java without any IDEs is also very usable. my workflow from small C projects didn't change. I don't bother with Eclipse, I just do all my work in my terminal.