On: If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy

[pjmlp]

Of the language, not the libraries or tooling.

A language is much more than just syntax.

With mono, one ends up writing C# code similar to C and C++, with #ifdefs, or having to search for .NET libraries that are cross platform.

[cmircea → pjmlp]

Those cases are inherently platform specific and are impossible to abstract completely.

UI for example. Pure Java UIs plain suck; you can use Gtk# in C# for the same thing, but none will be up to the platform's UI standards.

Besides, the JVM isn't available on iOS and Android, so it isn't universally available either.

[LukeShu → cmircea]

Java is actually used heavily on Android.

[CmonDev → LukeShu]

On Dalvik not JVM.