[StopDisinfo910]

Java was probably close to 50% of the job market at some point in the 2000s and C significantly dried up with C++ taking its place. So I'm afraid everyone was right actually.

To be honest, I'm convinced the reason so many people dislike Java is because they have had to use it in a professional context only. It's not really a hobbyist language.

[throwaway2037]

Just for the record, I don't think C ever dried up in the embedded space. And the embedded space is waaaay bigger than most people realise, because almost all of it is proprietary, so very little "leaks" onto the public interwebs.

[StopDisinfo910]

Believe it or not but there is plenty of Java and C++ in the embedded space. It’s far from being a C fortress.

[throwaway2037]

Java in the embedded space? I believe you, but I know nothing about this area. Can you share some examples?