"Then I realized because of how Java is put together it leads in exactly the opposite direction from FORTRAN, into a code mire of truly scary dimensions."
I'm glad you said that because I've learned a lot of languages, Basic, FORTRAN, Pascal, C, C++, and TOOL (4 GL), and everything was fine until I got to Java which, no matter how long I stare at it, is illegible and enraging. And to add insult to injury, ubiquitous.
Joanna