Java is used all over the place for various backend applications, e.g. data processing, web backends. It's fast, well documented and has a great standard librar

Java is used all over the place for various backend applications, e.g. data processing, web backends. It's fast, well documented and has a great standard library and ecosystem. In many of these applications you control the deployment environment, so making sure that your container has the JVM isn't an issue.