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I'm not disputing whether Java is a good choice for anything, just refuting your assertion that Java is the new COBOL and is mainly used in legacy enterprise so

• wpietri 7y ago
  Java is the new COBOL in that it dominates in enterprise contexts because a) it's seen as a safe choice and b) they already have a lot of Java. Yes, there are plenty of jobs in it. There were plenty of jobs in COBOL too for decades. If you have stats that suggest it's a popular language for startups relative to other languages, I look forward to seeing them. But my experience is otherwise, and it has pretty clearly been on the decline for years. You seem eager to ignore the fact that it's now a second-class language on Android, but Google Trends shows the same decline more generally: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F07sbkfb https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... You can contrast that with, say, Node: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2009-01-01%202019-08-03&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0bbxf89 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2009-01-01%202... Or React, both of which show the classic increasing interest curve of the new hotness: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2009-01-01%202019-08-03&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F012l1vxv https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2009-01-01%202... Or you could compare it with Ruby on Rails, which is farther along in the cycle. Formerly super exciting, it's now seeing declining interest as well: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0505cl https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...