His last note should have been his first; it's the Java environment that doesn't suck in any magnitude more than other environments, and has oodles of benefits

His last note should have been his first; it's the Java environment that doesn't suck in any magnitude more than other environments, and has oodles of benefits for getting Serious Business done. You now have your choice of language with which you can enjoy the rock-steady JVM/JDK-library environment.