My favorite description of JAVA is that it's a language where you are deploying instant legacy code.

"Java is a DSL for taking large XML files and converting them to stack traces." -Andrew Back

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/eaqgk/java_is_...

"XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." -Chris Maden

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1mbgih/xml...

"XML is a giant step in no direction at all" -Erik Naggum

https://quotefancy.com/quote/1643080/Erik-Naggum-XML-is-a-gi...