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Java...Still Sucking Hard, Compared to Other Languages

I know there are a bunch of Java devotees out there.  I frequently have them evangelizing the language to me as a "strongly-typed" language that is so much better than loosely-typed languages, like PHP.  So here is something that just came up for me and I'd like to ask all those devotees WHY they like the type enforcement.

Here's a bit of code to store a random integer as a string in PHP:

$myString = rand(5);

And now...the Java version:

String myString = String.valueOf(Integer.valueOf(Math.random() * 10000));

I get it...you need to keep your phony-baloney job and writing more code and making it more complicated can help you keep it out of the hands of less "intelligent" programmers.

As for myself, I will always prefer a language that lets me write shorter, more eloquent code and get my applications built faster.  But then...maybe I'm just simple.

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