How does /prog/ feel about Java in general?

Just wondering, because it seems like the more optimized languages are respected more.

The libraries kick ass, too.
Actually, the libraries are one of the big beefs I have with Java. They're sprawling messes created by people who have no idea how to design an API. Being filled with ancient half-baked buggy shit doesn't help either.

Sun likes to jump on the newest trend, while not quite completing whatever uglies it was they were working on before.