When solving the simplest problems entails copying and pasting large segments of code, generating getters and setters with IDE wizards, and so on, its no wonder Java advocates boast about how Java is used to write large programs. There is simply no other way to do anything non-trivial in Java.
Also see this post. Oooh, and this one. Ah, and this one from a while ago about the HotSpot compiler.
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