It takes too many lines just to write a simple program

I don't really view this as a negative point. All code, up to and maybe even including one-liners, should be stored in a reusable, maintainable form. Also consider what percentage of your code is written in such a short form. Is adding a few extra straightforward lines of code really a huge inconvenience?

The thing is that in Perl it can be both less lines for same thing and it can still be a maintainable code. I recall I read a study that in average number of bugs in programs is proportional to a number of lines and the coefficient doesn't depend too much on language. So less lines means easier to maintain.

Please add your comments as to what you think about Java could be improved.

  1. Obviously a library of reusable compontents like CPAN (this is one of reasons why in Perl you can write less code).
  2. Ability to mix easily procedural, OO and functional styles of programming (though I doubt it will ever happen).
  3. Make it more dynamic language (think runtime generation of code, symbol tables manipulations, very flexiable OO without artficial restrictions like single inheritance, remove static typing - again I doubt it will ever happen as it will be completly different language :).

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In reply to Re: How would you fix Java? by IlyaM
in thread How would you fix Java? by Anonymous Monk

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