>However, it has something more excellent available to it. A potential future as the hero that slayed Java and supplanted it.
If you had to stay on the JVM platform (for argument's sake) and supplant the Java language - would you choose a particular language ? I have read your comments above on Clojure and was wondering what you thought about Scala ?
For my preference, I'd rather use Haskell or Clojure but, I appreciate the ecumenical attitude it brings to the table and I think it's an excellent choice for Java developers that want to grow and learn.
If you had to stay on the JVM platform (for argument's sake) and supplant the Java language - would you choose a particular language ? I have read your comments above on Clojure and was wondering what you thought about Scala ?