All I can think to say is: why? It looks so amateurish, not well thought out (e.g. $null) and inconsistant I can't think of any reason to use it. If you want

All I can think to say is: why? It looks so amateurish, not well thought out (e.g. $null) and inconsistant I can't think of any reason to use it. If you want a dynamic language, Clojure is superior in every way and created by an extremely sharp guy. If the parens turn you off then maybe Groovy would be a better fit. There are a wealth of languages already on the JVM. I think the competition is too strong to warrent anyone paying a "late night effort" like this any notice.