If your workload is heavy memory allocation churn then yes Java will absolutely be a better fit, or really any language with a good GC. But that's not "string &

If your workload is heavy memory allocation churn then yes Java will absolutely be a better fit, or really any language with a good GC. But that's not "string & numerical" processing. As for Techempower the top framework by a landslide is in Rust, not Java. That's a matter of if the framework is optimized to win at Techempower or not, wasn't that the lesson actix taught everyone?