Funny story, friend and I were just talking last night about how Java 8 is still used everywhere.

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    12 hours ago

    Hardened libraries

    Like log4j?

    Ecosystems matter for sure, but any java “killer library” should be usable by other programming languages.

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      2 hours ago

      What language doesn’t have its worts? My point is that Java is the defacto corporate service language so if that’s what you’re doing chances are the libraries you’re using are also being used at FAANG or Fortune 500 companies who will spend the money to vet libraries, bug bounties and pay developers to escalate issues. If you pick a language that has no substantial use in your given field you won’t get the same visibility.