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Re:Why people hate Java? by rincewind on Sunday August 24, 2008 @06:14AM (#285084)
just look at this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=283639

Python lacks some features from Ruby, which does in turn not have some features which Python has.

Java lacks both. Its featureset is designed for OOP and does not faciliate different programming styles.

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Re:Why people hate Java? by SwellJoe on Sunday August 24, 2008 @06:18AM (#285087)
And while we're on the topic, Perl has pretty much everything both Python and Ruby have (and better Unicode support, to boot), though it's wrapped in syntax and idioms that most Pythonistas and some Rubyists find distressing.
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