&gt; Any PL student of a decent school, if he is not a hypocrite, would tell you that Java is the worst thing that happened to CS since MS DOS,<p>That&#x27;s why we don&#x27;t listen to students to make this kind of uninformed claims.<p>Java has flaws, for sure, but calling it the &quot;worst thing since MS DOS&quot; can only come from someone who lacks perspective and experience.