I understand that you don't seem to like Java, but it is really immaterial to my point. They stated all the goals of Java in their feature list and then didn't

I understand that you don't seem to like Java, but it is really immaterial to my point. They stated all the goals of Java in their feature list and then didn't mention Java. If they thought Java sucked or didn't meet their requirements even though it has the same stated goals then they might have said so. But they didn't say anything at all - it's kind of an odd omission to make by accident.