Java is still the most used language in the world http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index..... It used on the web, mobile, and desktop. Java problem can be fix and have made strides to modernize like the play framework which modernizes a lot of the things in Java to make it work more like typical web frameworks. Not to mention android which is done in Java which is the most widely used mobile platform. How can a language thats being used more than ever be dying to languages who can crack the top ten most used programming languages.