> Back in 2004 ... Java was the go-to for serious web application projects... In a way in some areas we are creating the new Java. We became the people we origi

> Back in 2004 ... Java was the go-to for serious web application projects... In a way in some areas we are creating the new Java. We became the people we originally displaced. Given that in 2023 the go-to language for serious server applications is still Java (at least by plurality), it is not at all surprising that languages that wished to displace it but didn't (or haven't) would eventually become more like it if they want to play in that domain.