Asshats like this.

Yes they did... AFTER gaining access by forming a partnership (which it sounds like they are abandoning) to find out just which staff to target.

Nonsensical, but big nonetheless.

runs for over three hours

Sorry - but writing code is no great secret: all you need to be is smart. Reading and basic math skills will go much further to achieving the goal of preparing kids for their future cube bound existence.

I will also point out that there are way to many programmers with no expertise outside of programming. One trick ponies.

What parties?

Maybe.

That's great, but you can make those bucks without that kind of effort.

And now Elon Musk will encounter the hordes of defense contractors who will refuse to work his infamous 60 hour weeks.

Industry serving the military. Hmm. You decide.

>>if you borrow money, you are fully expected to pay it back. As soon as possible.

Do that in America and your credit rating goes down. You are expected to pay the money back over the full term of the loan in order to maximize lender profit. In other words, buying your way out of slavery is frowned upon.

If that happens Greece should pay back the US.

Well, "id" is an Objective C keyword, IIRC.

The title of the post that *I* responded to was "utter crap language."

Not "utter crap platform", not "utter crap run time".... "utter crap language"... then followed up with a rant about the platform.

Sounds like your gripe is with Java the platform, not Java the language.