>>I'm wondering what Java is still used for. A good part of AWS is written in Java. The Hadoop, Storm, Spark, Kafka etc major backend projects are written in J

>>I'm wondering what Java is still used for. A good part of AWS is written in Java. The Hadoop, Storm, Spark, Kafka etc major backend projects are written in Java. In fact if you are writing anything even half serious. Java is what you chose to write it in. >>Java is supposed to be able to "run anywhere," yet C++ is more portable because it doesn't require the JVM to run. Manual garbage collection is long dead, and it won't be revived any time soon. Machines have gotten too fast and resourceful for most of the developer community to give it a serious selection choice for their projects. Not saying C++ or Rust is dead. They have their place. But they are not going to be used for bulk of everyday projects. That ship sailed long back.