I once voted -1 on someone for not having a good answer to this one a language that he had used for years. I regretted the vote later, as he turned out to be ex

I once voted -1 on someone for not having a good answer to this one a language that he had used for years. I regretted the vote later, as he turned out to be excellent. Having said that, it does surprise me that people have a hard time with this. Certainly I hope that you like your chosen language and understand the tradeoffs being made, but that is the point of the question really. Surely you can reason about these tradeoffs and have a discussion in this area? If your language is Java and you talk about how you are ok with their decision on erasure because of the legacy concerns, that's a good answer. I may (or may not) agree, but it's still a perfectly good answer. :) OTOH, it is strange to me that someone would have worked in a language for 10+ years and literally can't come up with anything that they dislike (even understanding the reasons for those limitations). No matter how good something is, it is hard to imagine working with anything (or anyone) for ten years without coming up with a few pain points.