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Why do I need Kotlin, or Python, or C when Assembly is enough?

Yes true point. But why use Java? I mean you said another language that is an alternative for Java.

Well, ask yourself this, why use a hammer to drive a nail when a rock can do about the same?

Same reasoning here, Java is "enough" in of a lot of areas that make it desirable for a lot of things, it is fast enough, stable enough, has lots of libraries and apis for a lot of things you may want to do, and the jvm makes it reasonably portable, among other things.

Java is good at:

- Runtime.

- Standard library.

- 3rd party libraries.

- Frameworks.

- DEV tools, debug tools, profiling tools.

- Backed by big-tech, banks, governments.

- Easy to find developers.

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