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I never liked these arguments.. We can’t live without some trust, it is simply impossible the same way we can’t avoid all risks in life. Putting our head in the sand doesn’t solve anything.

As for the concrete languages mentioned, Java is probably the safest bet out of managed languages, not only does it have a proper specification (both the language and the JVM), it can be carried forward by multiple companies single-handedly, it is that critical piece of infrastructure. Also, even from an incentives point it doesn’t make sense to put backdoors or whatever, as they themselves use it very heavily, so each big company in effect “checking” the others.