What I like most about Java is that you can switch more easily to certain fashionable languages (Scala and Clojure) which have good interopability with Java bec

What I like most about Java is that you can switch more easily to certain fashionable languages (Scala and Clojure) which have good interopability with Java because they use the JVM. Sources for this claim: http://www.slideshare.net/tackers/how-we-mostly-moved-from-java-to-scala http://www.slideshare.net/tackers/how-we-mostly-moved-from-j... http://java.dzone.com/articles/moving-java-scala-one-year http://java.dzone.com/articles/moving-java-scala-one-year Counterpoints: Couldn't find any data on how well Clojure works with Java apps. Scala's decent interoperability appears to stem from a Maven plugin rather than directly from its ability to use the JVM.