This ten year old essay is still strong. It makes some points that are worth repeating > I have a hypothesis: this pattern is so common for the simple reason

This ten year old essay is still strong. It makes some points that are worth repeating > I have a hypothesis: this pattern is so common for the simple reason that Java doesn’t have first-class functions. She’s picking on Java deservedly because Gosling made what in retrospect was a mistake to go so all-in on classes, and because it became such an important pedagogical and deployment language (and nobody will shoot at you if you’re unsuccessful). Say what you will about C++ but it took a different path, not only changing its name from “C with Classes” but making classes a tool for manipulating the type system (and not the only one) and supporting the true benefit of a class system, generics. Edit: I changed an incorrect "He" pronoun to "She". Thanks to quickthrower2 for pointing out this embarassing blunder.