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Add to SafariWhen comparing Java vs Crystal, the Slant community recommends Java for most people. In the question“ What are the best languages for backend in web development?” Java is ranked 8th while Crystal is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Java is:
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
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Pros
Pro Verbosity
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
Pro Mature ecosystem
The language and all its tools have enough time to age and they've aged well.
Pro Type-safe
It is easier to catch errors sooner.
Pro Elegant syntax as Ruby
Pro Fast performance
Pro Has co-routine
Pro Compiles to native binary
Cons
Con Memory hungry
Running the virtual machine, application server and application itself consumes significant amount of resources.
Con Unnecessarily obtuse and verbose
If you like typing 40 lines of code to open a file, Java is the language for you. If, on the other hand, you’d actually like to get something done, look elsewhere.
Con Oracle
Enough said.
In more detail: Oracle has acquired Java from Sun and continues to surround it with controversy ever since (legendary lawsuit with google, money extortion from the enterprise users etc.).
Con Aruguably no better than a meme language
The elitest attitudes in the community are unwarrented. Not recommendable for production use. Poor error messages, odd compiler errors, poorly documented behavior, etc..
Con Small community
In regards to its age and already past 1.0, the community is still too small.
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Con Not cross-platform
No official Windows support.
Con A language only Ruby fans can love
Ruby-ish language.
Con Slow compilation
Con No parallelism (yet)
Not actual anymore.
