Well, then you are just uninformed. Java can JIT compile hot loops to C speed. There is hardly anything it is not fast enough for, and if there is (a certain ki

Well, then you are just uninformed. Java can JIT compile hot loops to C speed. There is hardly anything it is not fast enough for, and if there is (a certain kind of HFT), then nor is a general purpose CPU (they use FPGAs).