[thehardsphere]

> C++ may not be the best choice for web development (probably wouldn't be my first choice), but Java hasn't proven great, either.

Really? I feel like Java and the JVM are great for developing web apps with complex requirements, especially if they need to scale. Very few decent web development choices perform as well as the JVM does.

I mean, part of the reason that "enterprises" have "shitty enterprise Java" is because "enterprises" will create "shitty enterprise anything," and the Java implementation often performs better than the alternatives.