Why is Java so popular?

Python is so much easier to use.

Java requires either a bracket or a semicolon on every single fucking line. In Python, just indent.

System.out.println("foo") vs print "foo"

Arrays can only store objects of a single type and
must have a specified size while lists in Python have neither of these restrictions

Why must you specify the type of the variable when you're declaring it? Why can't Java figure out something so simple?

The "for loop" in Python iterates over all the elements in the object. In Java, you must do the retarded
(int i;i<something;i++) bullshit.

Python > Java

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Not all problems are easily understood just from a description of the inputs and expected outputs. The process of building a prototype is one way of developing a better understanding of the problem. Prototypes are often discarded when the designers have learned what they needed. Other prototypes are extended because the original design of the prototype was probably good enough for extension.