I've been using Java since 2009 for everything from small projects to large scale data handling (hundreds of terabytes). Really, Java is just a tool. Language

I've been using Java since 2009 for everything from small projects to large scale data handling (hundreds of terabytes). Really, Java is just a tool. Language is familiar to anyone, performs good and libraries exist for just about everything. The only reason we don't use C is because we'd require end-users to correctly pick different binaries and because the IDE for developing C is quite a pain (don't want to start a fight here, it is just pain when compared to Java). So, let the cool kids play with Ruby and Go. Some of us just need to get things done.