[adamlett]

I agree that Java has relatively few WTF-level language design flaws. So on that count it wins against Javascript. But Java also doesn't have the expressive power of Javascript that comes from having 1st-order functions. Static typing is nice in principle, but the verbosity of Java's type system makes programming in Java feel like running in wet cement. I respect that there is a humongous ecosystem surrounding Java, but that doesn't really speak to whether the language is pleasant to work with or not.

[stcredzero]

Static typing is nice in principle, but the verbosity of Java's type system makes programming in Java feel like running in wet cement.

So then programming in Java with a powerful IDE is like running in wet cement with bionic stilts? I think this is actually an apt analogy, especially for when things don't work quite right or when things get a bit laggy.