depends upon your definition of application... a machine-consuming set of processes working together, possibly across a distributed network? ummm yeah perfect.

depends upon your definition of application... a machine-consuming set of processes working together, possibly across a distributed network? ummm yeah perfect. smalltalk, erlang, and a handful of other candidates... Java would be considered "experimental" in such environments, as supervisory trees etc are not inherent. building "apps" for desktop or mobile? ok, you got me there... smalltalk is probably not apropo...