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Java is not dead…in fact, it’s got more than enough energy to kick your app in the butt. Too often, critics focus on niche issues and make unfair comparisons to other technologies or languages that do not have the same level of widespread use, applicability or history as Java. It’s like comparing a car to a carpet.
Children today are able to learn Java. It’s widely adopted among Web and Enterprise App producers. It has seen some amazing improvements in recent years and even more good stuff is on the way. But even excluding those latest additions, Java is still pretty darn cool: consider the widespread applicability and excellent engineering behind the JVM platform, the clarity of syntax, the rich ecosystem of tools and libraries and the fact that Oracle says there are over 9 million Java developers out there (and many billions of app/device users).
The Java platform is an engineer’s dream
First there’s the Java platform. The HotSpot JVM is a marvelous piece of engineering. It does stuff the CLR can only dream of and is so heavily optimized that often Java apps can even match the performance of C programs. Also, there is quite a selection of other virtual machines available (such as JRockit, Zing), should your environment have some specialized requirements.
Java is mature, but not a language for old people
Java as a language has been the target of much criticism, whining and cursing. I say the language is not dying or Cobol’ish either, quite the contrary. When complaining about Java and recommending better alternatives, people often use strange comparisons. Some people seem to think that Java is still in version 1.4, written in Notepad and requires EJB2 to write a simple guestbook. It is then compared to a high level framework or even a CMS!
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