It's a bad sign if use of a language is tied to a singular framework such as Spark or Rails.

The next fad is in, the language is out.

Interesting, then Java is in trouble I guess because it's mostly tied to Spring Boot?

It's not. Maybe it's selection bias: I don't see it around that much.

It is a bit hard when after all isn't every bank as originally described.

Need to move that goalpost around.

Nothing gets past you, Mr Literal!