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People are probably going to hate me for saying this but:

In my experience, hating Java has become a new trend. Many people have no idea what they are talking about, and they just jump on the bandwagon of hate. Now, don't misunderstand me: I'm not saying that everyone behaves this way, but I have met too many people who do.

Java has its strengths and weaknesses. Yes, Java is slower than - for example - C++. Java runs on a Virtual Machine, that's to be expected. Java was originally designed to be reliable and secure, and some performance would have to be sacrificed. Some people expect there to be this perfect programming language, something which definitely does not exist and will not exist in the future.

Java is seriously lacking in terms of features, if we compare it to C#. Java is slower than C++ (although Java is not as slow as people keep insisting on it being). There are some badly coded libraries that could have been done better. And yet, Java is one of the most popular programming languages still. It has a really big community, with lots of tutorials. This makes Java an ideal language to learn, because of the amount of resources made available for free.

You choose the programming language you find the most suitable for your project. Do I hate Java? Not at all. But that does not mean I think Java is superior. At least I'm aware of its strengths and weaknesses.