> I recently fired up LibreOffice Sheets to see how it compared to Google Sheets. It took four entire seconds to switch to editing mode in a cell. Every time, n

> I recently fired up LibreOffice Sheets to see how it compared to Google Sheets. It took four entire seconds to switch to editing mode in a cell. Every time, not just the first. If I were to root cause the issue, I'm sure it wouldn't be Java's fault -- but I bet that the same priorities that led the project to choose Java led them to ignore a four second stall in their most critical user interaction path That's a slightly confusing comment because while it does integrate it in some components, very little of LibreOffice is written in Java. From what I understand, the core of it is all written in C++ and it's often held up as a canonical example of what happens when a giant C++ codebase gets out of control and doesn't manage complexity well.