Well, I find that when my C++ compiles &lt;segmentation fault&gt;<p>When I first learned Java, still in my undergrad, my first impression (and nearly everybody&#x27;s) was that when it compiles it works. It was still more work than Perl, Lisp, Prolog, and everything, but didn&#x27;t require the annoying C debugging cycle.<p>But, anyway, all that is kids play near Haskell.