Grinding Java

So I thought: While I'm looking at C, why don't I also start investigating at Java? Just ... complicate the heck out of things.

So far I prefer it to C. (Although my fetish for C peeking persists.)

First impression: It is sooo verbose.

Let me just define a class variable here:

private static int thisIsANumber = something;

Whao. Look at all those words. Pretty, pretty words.

There's something to like about that - except feeling really productive. You always know where you have Java. It's perfect for control freaks like me. And I think that once I understand that object based foundation that forces in all those extra weird words, i'll be fine.

Then I'll just need to get an overview of that huge library.

In fact, I think the core of Java is multiplicity. It uses many words, has many libraries, runs on many platforms, comes in many flavors (JavaFX?) and/or extensions, with many concepts (beans/applets).

I might as well face it: Java is big.