[ThrowawayR2]

> "Java designers don't follow fashion, they rather wait to see what actually works when the dust settles and how to keep those binary only 25 year old jars running on modern JVMs."

Yup, for better or for worse, Java will be the COBOL of the 21st century.

[pjmlp]

Apparently 21st century developers don't have much issues dealing with UNIX and C, just about 10 years younger than COBOL, speaking of which, both about 30 years older than Java.

[ThrowawayR2]

One can be staid and stale at any age.

Aside from that, the average 21st century developer would have a meltdown trying to use C.