Obviously what you say is true, but there is a cultural element to this. Java has a library ecosystem that is stable but not ideological, unlike golang. I thi

Obviously what you say is true, but there is a cultural element to this. Java has a library ecosystem that is stable but not ideological, unlike golang. I think of golang as the opposite of "The Curse of Lisp" [1], wherein its so standard that it can't fit the evolutionary cracks as well as a less opinionated framework. The ugliness of Java has been its strength. Whether it's Hotspot or ZGC or arch support or whatever, the JVM bytecode and rather limited capabilities of the language forced more focus on the objective quality of the artifacts of the language rather than the language itself. A lot of those artifacts continue becoming more impressive over time. [1] http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html