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> The problem with Java is ....
>     .. [and] Reference types are not the default - they are the only

Well, there's also primitives.  Contrary to an oft-repeated
falsehood, Java is NOT "pure O.O."  As a beginner, I find it
irritating at best to have to maintain two different paradigms
for handling entities, and to have to keep track of which group
every object fits into.  At least in Ada, it's only a reference
type if I _need_ it to be and declare it that way.