&gt; Bear in mind, this is not a critique of Java, but a critique of its cover. I don&#x27;t know Java well enough to like it or dislike it. This is just an explanation of why I don&#x27;t find that I&#x27;m eager to learn it.<p>I think this post proves two things: a) &quot;books&quot; are in fact very difficult to judge by their covers and b) predicting the future, even only a decade ahead and in an industry you live in, is a fruitless endeavor