I program in Java and JavaScript on a daily basis, though neither one is my favorite language. Force me to choose, and I'll grit my teeth and take Java for the

I program in Java and JavaScript on a daily basis, though neither one is my favorite language. Force me to choose, and I'll grit my teeth and take Java for the sake of static types. But Java today is not clearly ahead. High level languages should have either lightweight objects/dictionaries or tuples (my preference is for both, but you can get by with just one). Java lacks both to this day. And even "big flaw" is a pretty big understatement about the impact of higher order functions.