[csirac2]

I've gone C/C++/Java -> Ruby -> Perl -> Perl+Moose -> Python.

Moose is the opposite of Java: it has a type system which actually does work for you and brings you amazing helpful stuff for free, whereas Java makes you go through rituals and pain to use a type-system that mostly only ever gets in your way.

[oldmanjay]

I'm fine with the idea that you like perl but the way you present your statement, it's almost as if you consider not understanding how to use the java type system as a compelling argument.

[csirac2]

That's an interesting observation (that being fine with the idea of someone using modern perl is a thing), but perhaps there's a grain of truth to my level of Java ignorance - the last Java project of my own was written in the 1.4/1.5 days and left me feeling that getting reusable code out of huge towers of inheritance and interfaces seemed like more work than it should be.