The "straw man" in the straw man fallacy is the argument that nobody is making. The comment about "Java is right here" is not a straw man fallacy -- but it is a straw man.
I'm sorry, genuine question, I'm still not seeing how that's a straw man. How is "Java is right here" an argument nobody is making? He's using it as an argument himself to question the value of working with a functional language, no?
Sorry -- more precisely a "straw man" is usually an argument which you do not advocate yourself, that you construct -- usually in order to argue against it and strengthen your own position.
When the author of the comment says "straw man, not my own view" in parentheses, he is saying "hey, this is what I imagine somebody who likes Java and not functional languages might think".
