Perhaps the difference then, was that I read through the article thinking "WTF would you do that" and "eugh that code looks rubbish". I'm guessing some other p

Perhaps the difference then, was that I read through the article thinking "WTF would you do that" and "eugh that code looks rubbish". I'm guessing some other people were thinking "Oh how true! Java is such a bad language" which I think is a shame. Not particularly to Java, but to themselves. If you think it's Java's fault when you write utter crap in it, you're not a very good programmer to start with. Languages don't force people to write bad code.