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I have been exploring alternate languages for JVM for some time now. Why? Certainly not because I think the Java language is dying. Though java is devolving, it has crossed the threshold of immortality - there are way too many applications written in java and java developers can be busy just by maintaining them (and also by inventing 'frameworks' to get around the deficiency of the language like DI, AOP etc). However, I have started to realize the power of languages - maybe even to the extend of believing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. And finally, I still believe that the JVM is one of the best deployment platforms available today and java has lots of ready to use libraries - so I don't want to miss them as well. Luckily, there are host of new languages targeted at the JVM - Jython, JRuby, Groovy, Scala, Rhino, Clojure etc.