> When these companies started up, Java was the latest tool that gave tremendous productivity benefits over C++. Newer tools have arrived, now and Java is in the same place as C++ was.
Which languages/tools give tremendous productivity benefits over a modern Java stack? Serious question. I have done a lot of work in a lot of different environments and IMO for the big and maintainable things it's hard to top the Java ecosystem.
(edit: I do agree with you - it is ridiculous to rewrite enormous legacy systems. But I don't think there's a clear-cut order-of-magnitude-better replacement for Java yet)
Which languages/tools give tremendous productivity benefits over a modern Java stack? Serious question. I have done a lot of work in a lot of different environments and IMO for the big and maintainable things it's hard to top the Java ecosystem.
(edit: I do agree with you - it is ridiculous to rewrite enormous legacy systems. But I don't think there's a clear-cut order-of-magnitude-better replacement for Java yet)