[rvijapurapu]

Having developed in Java for years, I agree with some of the points which PG has predicted 11yrs ago!

That said, using Java is sort of a insurance policy.

1. It's easy to find developers. _Sometimes_ easier to outsource modules. 2. It's usually hard to make mistakes in Java (you can screw up, if you want to) - mainly due to great tooling and excellent time-tested frameworks which help a tonne. 3. Has good complementary languages (Scala, Groovy, JRuby..), which interop well with other frameworks at large. 3. JVM does black-magic for you.

I guess committee did make a decent pick then.

[moondowner]

JVM does not do black magic. You can donwload the source if you want to see what's going on: http://openjdk.java.net/groups/hotspot/

[rvijapurapu]

I know... I was talking about the optimizations which JVM does on fly.

[moondowner]

You're right about that, and as a plus, depending on which JVM options you use it can act differently http://www.xenoc.demon.co.uk/A%20Collection%20of%20JVM%20Opt...