For me personally, if they weren't running in the JVM, we wouldn't be having this discussion. The JVM is key for many as operational stability trumps developer

For me personally, if they weren't running in the JVM, we wouldn't be having this discussion. The JVM is key for many as operational stability trumps developer finger-candy. It's an easy sell to add a language change it, when it's not really going to change how an entire part of the organization is going to manage it.