Minecraft was originally built in Java primarily because its creator, Markus "Notch" Persson, was already highly proficient in the language. It allowed for rapid prototyping and easy game development.

A desktop reverse-engineering workbench for the JVM. Not a decompiler UI — a cockpit that combines the best of JADX, Recaf, and JD-GUI, plus capabilities none of them have. bytecodelens decompile ...