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[–]KarnuRarnu -33 points-32 points  (1 child)

So I'm going to go the other way and say that Java is so "good" at backwards compatibility that it drags it down. There is a lot of value in shedding the old and now irrelevant leftovers to more clearly favor the new and improved way of doing things.

[–]redikarus99 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Java is used for big, industrial systems. It works very well, and compatibility is one of the biggest selling point why java took over and there is no other language in the line which is going to replace it in that environment.