The JVM is a fairly nice platform overall if somewhat heavy (though with modules in JDK9 you can ship an executable package competitive in size to a Go binary).

The JVM is a fairly nice platform overall if somewhat heavy (though with modules in JDK9 you can ship an executable package competitive in size to a Go binary). All that aside, performance is great and has a massive ecosystem of mature libraries. I’m not saying it’s always appropriate, but it’s not a bad platform.