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		Justsignedup on July 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are People Still Playing Ultima Online? HEY! Nothing wrong with java! Except the standard libraries. If you want to badmouth java standard libraries I'll join you.

of on July 1, 2015 [–]

What's wrong with Java's standard libraries?

yareally on July 2, 2015 | [–]

Can't say I'm overly fond of the standard library for Date/Time in Java prior to Java 8.

I've heard they've gotten better since Java 8 and Joda isn't as necessary now, but haven't used it since Java 8's release to know firsthand.

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