I pretty much agree. Java is under a two-pronged attack. LLVM is quickly becoming the preferred target platform. The harder Oracle is to work with the harder i

I pretty much agree. Java is under a two-pronged attack. LLVM is quickly becoming the preferred target platform. The harder Oracle is to work with the harder it will be for new languages to target the JVM. Also Java's niche is getting squeezed from both ends. Python, Ruby, and Javascript can do more of what Java does with less hassle. Languages like Go and Rust are bridging the divide from C/C++ to Java also. Both languages have a nice mix of good performance, predictable performance, high-level semantics, and concurrency.