I wonder - if Java was born today (instead of the late 90's), what would it look like, and how popular would it be? I feel like Java owes its current following

I wonder - if Java was born today (instead of the late 90's), what would it look like, and how popular would it be? I feel like Java owes its current following to its entrenched position in a broad array of corporate and government IT departments. Also, in a sea of newer interpreted languages, it's the compiled one (and isn't C/C++). That, by itself, will win it a fair number of adherents.