I know that Robust is a Feature of java programming language. But I don't know what is the exact meaning of it and how to any programmer benefited by it. More on stackoverflow.com

A few important reasons: Java is very backwards compatible. This means when a new version is released, in all likelihood, your existing code will just work. That's a huge deal to large organisations that have multiple projects and millions of lines of code. Java standardizes a lot like how things must be named, and even makes recommendations on code formatting. This means that all java code looks very similar, which makes the code easy to read. So when you swap people on projects, the learning curve isn't steep. Java is very verbose. This can be a pain in the ass when coding, but ByteArrayInputStream leaves little to the imagination. When you need to maintain code, that verbosity really helps. Java developer tools are excellent. They're frigging spectacular compared to most other languages Java has an enormous ecosystem that had evolved over many years. When starting a project, it's great knowing that most of your grunt work can be handled easily. See the apache software Foundation for tons of high quality tools. There's other reasons too but basically, going the java route is safe, reliable, and feature packed. That's what most people want. More on reddit.com

Java offers an unmatched combination of stability, maintainability, performance, and observability, all of which are very important for "serious" server-side software. If anything, there are too few serious competitors to Java, not too many. Aside from niches that Java is not a great fit for (say, signal processing) the real question is when is Java not used. In many cases it's because the requirements are such that those qualities above aren't needed -- the software is small, or isn't intended to be around for long, or can be slow, or is simple enough to not require deep observability -- so then there are many alternatives, and people pick based on other criteria. As to being modern, Java is the same age as JavaScript, slightly younger than Python, a decade younger than C++, and more than two decades younger than C (which will turn 50 soon), all of which are popular, and it is also younger than Haskell and a whole decade younger than Erlang, both of which, while unpopular, are still considered "edgy." In other words, age has nothing to do with utility. To the extent there are grumblings about Java, I'm guessing that's becasue it is so prevalent in the workplace that people associate it with work, which, naturally, can be boring at times, and so some look for novelty when hobby-programming. More on reddit.com

Just released a new Java numerics library. Forked it off a couple of other projects, so it is a bit of a grab bag. Created it mainly because I was not happy with the design, performance, or API of other similar projects.

The website has several examples posted and the source code has even more.

http://ddogleg.org

List of Algorihtms:

• Unconstrained minimization: Quasi-Newton BFGS, linear search More94 (MINPACK-2), line search Fletcher 86

• Unconstrained least-squares: Levenberg-Marquardt, Levenberg, and trust-region (dogleg)

• Polynomial root finding: Sturm sequence, Eigenvalue Decomposition, and iterative root refinement.

• Robust Model Fitting: RANSAC, LMedS, and some strange one.

• Sorting: Shell Sort, Quick Sort, and Quick Select.

• Combinatorics: All combinations and permutations of a set.

• Arithmetic: Complex and Polynomial.

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