[taylodl]

Java isn't back, it simply never went away - it's the modern Cobol. It's a good environment for backend development. Free if you need it, support if you want, no vendor lock-in, no platform lock-in, a vibrant open-source community - there's a lot to like about this old dinosaur!

[mikko-apo]

Actually back in 2012 Java wasn't that popular. Here's the language stats for the 200 teams 1.5 years ago:

  Ruby 28.4%  
  Python 27.5%
  Clojure 10.1%
  Java 9.2%
  CoffeeScript 8.3%
  Haskell 6.4%
  JavaScript 5.5%
  Scala 1.8%
  Go 1.8%
  Groovy 0.9%

This year Java rise and Ruby's drop are quite obvious when compared to the old stats.

[simonb]

Considering the difference in sample size and make-up, the latest results just show the competition is gaining broader appeal and with it more mainstream languages start to dominate.

[thinkpad20]

This is surprising. Your article portrayed Haskell as having gained a fair amount of ground, but actually it seems that it dropped in half or so.