It works 24/7, I guess. Reliability is the key -- it stays running. It's got a vast array of third-party libraries available. It performs pretty well even in a

It works 24/7, I guess. Reliability is the key -- it stays running. It's got a vast array of third-party libraries available. It performs pretty well even in a low-latency environment. Developers can spend time solving actual business problems, rather than waiting to compile, fooling around with memory allocation, templating problems & inefficient STL data structures, or badly handrolling data structures. There is a little extra work to stay within a latency envelope, but there are definitely productivity boosts from just forgetting all the old C legacy and being able to work at a higher level of thinking. Even better, use the JVM but try Kotlin as a language.