And the prize for least informed opinion goes to...
Let's review : 1) "I never touched the language" 2) Almost without exception Java vulnerabilities are related the the applet sandbox and not the core JVM
Also, find me a single engineer how understands how the JVM works, what it does, how it does it and how it compares to alternatives that also thinks it's sub par software. I'll wait.
I dislike java the language and java gui applications as much as everyone else, but I've never had any issues with the JVM for server applications.
Re:Why I like Java
by EdwardDiego on Monday February 03, 2014 @06:40AM
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I'd wager nearly all Java developers run their applications in their own JVMs, far far away from the sweaty mitts of client-side JREs.
> That's why I will never take the language (or the JVM languages) seriously
Seriously dude?
Re:Why I like Java
by theandrewbailey on Monday February 03, 2014 @11:18AM
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Then you might think I'm the devil incarnate, because I force my blog visitors to use Java, because my blog is actually a Java Servlet app. Go ahead and try it: http://theandrewbailey.com/
There's more to Java than the client runtime.
It's not so much the language that I despise - I never touched the language because of the end-user experience I got from installing the runtime: the nagging updates and the constant security headlines involving JVM. That's why I will never take the language (or the JVM languages) seriously: I simply would never put my users through what I am somewhat forced to go through (for the select few Java apps I do have to use).