I'd rephrase that as "Java usually isn't the first choice for perf critical workloads". It's still a very performant language if used correctly (outperforming C

I'd rephrase that as "Java usually isn't the first choice for perf critical workloads". It's still a very performant language if used correctly (outperforming C in some benchmarks where the JIT can shine), and used for lots of performance critical stuff.