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I agree that Java has relatively few WTF-level language design flaws. So on that count it wins against Javascript. But Java also doesn't have the expressive pow

I agree that Java has relatively few WTF-level language design flaws. So on that count it wins against Javascript. But Java also doesn't have the expressive power of Javascript that comes from having 1st-order functions. Static typing is nice in principle, but the verbosity of Java's type system makes programming in Java feel like running in wet cement. I respect that there is a humongous ecosystem surrounding Java, but that doesn't really speak to whether the language is pleasant to work with or not.

stcredzero 12y ago
Static typing is nice in principle, but the verbosity of Java's type system makes programming in Java feel like running in wet cement. So then programming in Java with a powerful IDE is like running in wet cement with bionic stilts? I think this is actually an apt analogy, especially for when things don't work quite right or when things get a bit laggy.