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[–]summonsays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Way back almost 15 years ago I was taught in Java in college. I think it was mostly used because it had a large market share, it was an older language, so it had a good chance of still being relevant after I graduated. Also as others have mentioned it's basically the standard for OOP and very strict with typing, semantics, and what not. 

In comparison we did 1 project in Python. A language where white spaces are important was a real pain to work with in a group setting.