I think that from the point of view of practicality Java is still one of the best languages out there, if not the best. Whenever I logically choose a programming language for the backend, I almost always come to it. It’s just… I feel so nostalgic about the times when I programmed in Perl, with this feeling that everything is possible and you are part of a community, with all its magic and succinctness and no safety nets. Those were the days.