The Java language is proprietary to Oracle. Oracle lost their lawsuit with Google with the SCOTUS finding that Google's use of some declarative code was "fair u

The Java language is proprietary to Oracle. Oracle lost their lawsuit with Google with the SCOTUS finding that Google's use of some declarative code was "fair use". Oracle's license requirements and its litigious history is enough for me to not want to use Java in a product setting. I personally find the Java language cumbersome and the type system constraining. These days my preferred languages are Python, Go, and C. In my experience, Java is not a good choice for exploratory programming where adapting old code to new use takes significant repurposing effort.