Java almost took pride in making the developer jump through extra hoops
That's exactly it. A holier-than-thou stance, reprised by most comments in this post.
Checked exceptions were a PITA.
Someone has recommended to use another language if you didn't like it. Unfortunately my employer at that time had entered a partnership with Sun that prevented that :)
Another ideological prohibition: no pointers. Well, how do you assign event handlers then? People were extremely confused with anonymous classes. I got the reason instantly.
That's exactly it. A holier-than-thou stance, reprised by most comments in this post.
Checked exceptions were a PITA.
Someone has recommended to use another language if you didn't like it. Unfortunately my employer at that time had entered a partnership with Sun that prevented that :)
Another ideological prohibition: no pointers. Well, how do you assign event handlers then? People were extremely confused with anonymous classes. I got the reason instantly.