A bit of a conversation...

Regarding Java, which I had to code in again for homework:

I swear, programming in that language is like skiing through mud sometimes.

You've got this great head of steam, moving along on the surface just great, and then something hands you a Set. And your skis sink into the mud and all you can see for miles and miles is brown landscapes of if (o isinstance Node) and ((Set)i.next ()).iterator () and ((Node) finals ().iterator ().next ()).getLabel () != -1) and you start to despair.

They have to wrap everything in those () sugar pills to get people to swallow it—the public must know the truth! JAVA IS PEOPLE! YOU'RE SKIING THROUGH PEOPLE!