Just replace Java with Haskell, and you've got yourself a nicer Python replacement. Less code than either Java or Python, far more compile-time guarantees than

Just replace Java with Haskell, and you've got yourself a nicer Python replacement. Less code than either Java or Python, far more compile-time guarantees than either, and nearly as fast as Java when speed matters (speed takes a bit more effort in Haskell than in Java, but compared to Python, it is a no-brainer).