[j45]

Articles that poopoo on one language kind of have a dated all/nothing perspective.

Most languages have a decent enough framework or two that the differences between using them for different use cases may be closer than many folks realize vs whatever we hear about as the new hotness through the grapevine.

A mess can be made in a lot of languages, and a long time ago, it was even easier, except some of that code worked and it didn't get touched for a long time.

[burnt-resistor]

Toolbox vs. religious zealotry. Sometimes, one has to maintain .bat files, Tcl, F77, or COBOL. Professionals don't whine or wince, but do the job.

[j45]

Absolutely. Bytecode doesn't care what compiled it to bytecode.

Customers also do not really care what something is or isn't built in, except if the product is made for developers.

The vast majority of products are made for non-developers.