Why does /prog/ hate Java?

So, /prog/, why do you hate Java so much?

>>16

sadly any other language...i'd rather learn VB than java.  in all reality i'd say C/C++ similar(in some sytax ways) but so fucking better than java

>>23
i'd rather learn VB than java

I used to think that, until I got a job maintaining VB. I only lasted 6 months before burning out, and I'm still on prozac a year later. As bad as Java is, it's definitely preferable to VB.