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Links against Java

Note

This is a page of links against Java. I do not mean to imply that Java is wrong for all purposes (although that may actually be close to be true), just link to pages criticising it.

• Java’s Cover - by Paul Graham.

• “Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns” - by Steve Yegge - about Java’s poor support for subroutines as first-order values. Very funny! (Via Joel on Software’s “Can Your Programming Language Do This?”)

• Why Java Sucks for Cross-Platform GUI - by Shlomi Fish (= me), referencing some criticisms by Joel on Software about Java’s Swing.

• “The Perils of JavaSchools” - on the Joel on Software site.

• “Java Sucks” on harmful.cat-v.org - with many links.

Jokes

• “I had a problem”