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by kaba0 1735 days ago
> Java nowadays is mostly used for business applications, where developer productivity is more important than runtime performance

I fail to think of any other platform that could run these monstrosity CRUD enterprise apps as fast as the JVM can. Sure, C++ can be written to utilize hardware better, but with all the classes and interfaces around with everything being virtual, a good JIT compiler can skip method lookups over AOT compiled languages.