Java the language is ripe for replacement. Java was a miracle. It was a safe, decently-designed language (thanks to Gosling et al.) that PHBs weren't scared o

Java the language is ripe for replacement. Java was a miracle. It was a safe, decently-designed language (thanks to Gosling et al.) that PHBs weren't scared of (thanks to Sun's marketing.) A decent language with modern libraries and no segfaults that your boss will actually let you use is no longer the novelty it once was. Now when people think "Java" they don't think "what a relief, no more C." They compare it to Ruby and C#, which is a little bit tougher standard.