How good is Java as a programming language?

[dothackjhe]

I know the question may be not totally related to Windows 7, but I'll ask it out anyway. As the title says, how good is Java as a programming language? As to what extent can this programming language be used?

 

[Everlong]

You can do quite a lot. Java covers just about every aspect of what you'd find in a computer system

There's the essential stuff that are used to create the program, applets can be created to run within web browsers, networking, security, software component plugins, object serialisation and database connectivity.

And Android is based on Java, too, so you've got that whole mobile platform available.

 

[rap33042]

Steve Gibson loves it- and he should know

 

[StalkeR]

Java .
It's very good language,and pretty strong. But it's a bit harder that C/C++.