Java was the starting point. Back in the day Rust wasn't a thing and C++ projects were quite expensive to maintain. What Java does for us is IDE support, instan

Java was the starting point. Back in the day Rust wasn't a thing and C++ projects were quite expensive to maintain. What Java does for us is IDE support, instant compilation time and super easy test coverage. For things that does require ultimate performance we do use C/C++ though. These libraries are packaged with Java and transparent to end user.