Don't know if this is Dart bashing, but... Java with actors? An emphatic no thank you. I fear these guys are committing the perennial mistake of designing a la

Don't know if this is Dart bashing, but... Java with actors? An emphatic no thank you. I fear these guys are committing the perennial mistake of designing a language for someone other than themselves - as always, for someone more average than themselves [†] - and are following Java's example in this respect as well. Personally, I don't want to program in PL/I. The Go guys seem to have gone the opposite route, designing the C successor they themselves most want. That's far more likely to please others in the long run. [†] Edit: someone misunderstood me here. I'm not advocating this supercilious attitude, I'm saying it's a mistake that leads to worse languages.