Java owned by ESR

Estava dando copiando o artigo How To Become A Hacker para a lista de documentos interessantes do GUL-UFRJ, quando me reparo com a seguinte entrada no Changelog:

"Revision 1.38: Deprecate Java as a language to learn early."

Continuemos a ler... na parte "1. Learn how to program":
"I used to recommend Java as a good language to learn early, but this critique has changed my mind (search for “The Pitfalls of Java as a First Programming Language” within it). A hacker cannot, as they devastatingly put it “approach problem-solving like a plumber in a hardware store”; you have to know what the components actually do. Now I think it is probably best to learn C and Lisp first, then Java."

Recomendo a lerem a crítica (que eu ja tinha lido a algum tempo atrás, foi algo de bem interessante que rolou pela lista do CAInfo):
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/0801DewarSchonberg.html