Java is a wildly successful language, and I find the title to be rather clickbait-y in that it attempts to be polarizing for no reason. Original sin implies a failure, and the author (of the blog) discusses a nuanced design choice of the language. It is one the most successful languages I know in terms of adoption and scale (alongside Javascript, C++, and Python).
By what measure, if not this one, can we truly compare languages?
By what measure, if not this one, can we truly compare languages?