But in defense of Java, modern Java is actually pretty pleasant.
Virtual threads, records and sealed classes, pattern matching, state-of-the-art garbage collectors, a great standard library etc. (and obviously well-behaved enums).
Not to mention the other languages you get for free with the JVM ecosystem.
It might not be as expressive as Rust, but certainly Java/JVM > Go.
I agree with your point about Go enums.
But in defense of Java, modern Java is actually pretty pleasant.
Virtual threads, records and sealed classes, pattern matching, state-of-the-art garbage collectors, a great standard library etc. (and obviously well-behaved enums).
Not to mention the other languages you get for free with the JVM ecosystem.
It might not be as expressive as Rust, but certainly Java/JVM > Go.