It may be old, but he raises some good points. Java's syntax is probably a step forward from C++, but both are still far from intuitive. In an ideal world, I'd

It may be old, but he raises some good points. Java's syntax is probably a step forward from C++, but both are still far from intuitive. In an ideal world, I'd love to see a pared down version of Java's syntax matched with a better-optimized version of GCJ - the readability of Java combined with the speed of native bytecode would be a godsend.