Jars are just awesome for cross-platform work or for when you need easy deployment. I oscillate between Java and Go now for similar tasks. They are both great f

Jars are just awesome for cross-platform work or for when you need easy deployment. I oscillate between Java and Go now for similar tasks. They are both great for cross-platform and easy deploys/frequent updates. Go is better at systems stuff (that's expected as it is the new C IMO). Java is better if you want a boat-load of rich data structures at your finger tips (more than slices, structs and maps... Go feels bear bones here, but I like it that way just as I like C that way). They both perform about as well as C and C++ for most things and are safe and fun to use. I like C and C++ too, but I'm getting too old to use them.