The language does look less cumbersome than Java though. In terms of how interesting I find it, I would place it between Java and Haxe. While I cannot see what

The language does look less cumbersome than Java though. In terms of how interesting I find it, I would place it between Java and Haxe. While I cannot see what it buys you that CoffeeScript or even JavaScript do not, I do not have Google's vantage point to be able to adequately judge. I am only at the foot of the mountain they already scaled. And then tunnelled. Not only did they create V8, they write many boat loads of JavaScript so they are well placed to address both the technical and human pain points of scaling JavaScript. And in introducing a new language they can't stray too far from the mainstream if they wish large adoption. All that said, I am not moved. Also, F# is Don Syme's work not Erik Meijer's. Although F# probably gained from some Haskell people in Cambridge (the original one).