maybe. The virtual machine makes it possible to develop completely different languages like Scala and compile into Java bytecode. Play does a decent job of riva

maybe. The virtual machine makes it possible to develop completely different languages like Scala and compile into Java bytecode. Play does a decent job of rivaling Ruby on Rails in productivity, but it is still Java no Ruby. JRuby? ah, and as java on the desktop has been dead for a couple of years, I think security holes are a minor issue. We've got firewalls for that!