Agreed, I have never seen a pattern of elitist behavior unique to the Java ecosystem. There are always people like that when groups get big enough. The thing

Agreed, I have never seen a pattern of elitist behavior unique to the Java ecosystem. There are always people like that when groups get big enough. The thing I love about the JVM ecosystem is the engineering culture. The quality of the platform and most libraries is very high, and well designed. I don't love the Java language, but it can get the job done.