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>Are there any real advantages to using Java in 2021, besides it's mature community/ecosystem/tooling? It's fast: C fast in most cases. It can use a lot of cor
by lowbloodsugar 6y ago
>Are there any real advantages to using Java in 2021, besides it's mature community/ecosystem/tooling?
It's fast: C fast in most cases. It can use a lot of cores and memory with minimal effort from developers. It has great tuning parameters for things like GC. We hit a cliff at about 150GB heap, tuned it, and now we're at 300GB. It's "good-enough" type safe. Java grows with you.