My general mindset about programming languages is that it doesn't matter much what toolset you use as long as it is one you know in and out. Still, for some re

My general mindset about programming languages is that it doesn't matter much what toolset you use as long as it is one you know in and out. Still, for some reason I personally wouldn't consider using Java for any programming task, ever. And I'm very curious about where this sentiment comes from. Java was my main programming language in the nineties, but the last five years I've avoided it like the plague. Whenever I hear about Java (like when seeing this clip), my spontaneous reaction is "Do people still use Java?". And that is with my wife working at Ericsson using Java as one of their main environments in huge projects alongside with C++ and Erlang. Still, it is as if I've been burnt by it. I don't want anything to do with it. All I can come up with is that I maybe never fully grasped the build tools. I've worked in fairly large Java projects. But always with a feeling of not being fully in control, of relying on trial and error in some situations. With other toolsets I feel fully in control. It's not you Java, it's me. But I still don't trust you. You never let me in on your secrets.