4 years after, I still don't understand!

Why does everyone hate Java so much?

To me it seems like it's got it's strengths and weakness like any other language.

I'm aware of it's weakness but I don't think that the amount of hatred upon the whole language is justified.

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public class Main {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                int a = convert(0xFFFFFFFF);
                int b = convert(5);
                if(b < a) {
                        System.out.println("magic!");
                }
        }
        private static int convert(int x) {
                if(x >= 0) return x - 0x80000000;
                else return (0x80000000 - (~x + 1));
        }
}