It's not really stupid, it can be misinformed, or just a matter of taste. For some people having a small couple of specific qualities of a language is more impo

It's not really stupid, it can be misinformed, or just a matter of taste. For some people having a small couple of specific qualities of a language is more important (because they "like" them) is more important than even some objective overall quality/ease of use. Many people are just forced to used it because the company uses it. And of course, all the people who actually ARE looking for a "Better C" - then they will of course use something like Go. It would be very "stupid" to use Java in that case.