paulgraham.com Why Java is a great programming language June 6, 2019 - Paul Graham Java, by its very nature, is a programming language. If you write a script

paulgraham.com Why Java is a great programming language June 6, 2019 - Paul Graham Java, by its very nature, is a programming language. If you write a script in a language like CSS, you are coding in Java, as well. But in Java you can use a GUI to interact with various components of your code. You can edit and re-enable widgets or restrict the content of a template. And perhaps most importantly, Java lets you interact with native applications, like the iPhone, in a non-traditional way. Given that functionality, one would assume that we are better off in the iOS or Windows universe. But Java does work in both environments, albeit at vastly different speeds. While iPhone development can be done just as smoothly in Java, Windows isn’t the best place to be right now. (truncated)