Yes, it's so interesting how tortuous and serendipitous the evolution of Java has been. It started as a language for embedded devices, then made its way to the

Yes, it's so interesting how tortuous and serendipitous the evolution of Java has been. It started as a language for embedded devices, then made its way to the interactive web because its bytecode was so portable, and then somehow people figured out it's a good language for the backend because it's managed and thus safer than the alternatives, despite its inherent performance disadvantage. So many unintended extra lives.