[Roboprog]

>> a form of mental torture (Struts, anyone?)

If I had to name the single biggest class of make-work in my life in the last 10 years, that would be it: maintaining legacy Struts crap.

The creator of struts should be in Gitmo for a year or two, perhaps with access to a functional programming environment a few hours a week if he behaves himself :-)

Java: providing a job with benefits. Like the episode of "The Simpsons" where Homer has to go back to the nuclear power plant to work, to pay for his daughter -- "Do it for her."