Ask HN: Can the Play! framework become Rails for Java?

I'm a CS student at the University of Edinburgh.

I have to use a lot of Java, C, Python and sometimes even Haskell. I have to use PHP at work.

I would love to spend more time learning ruby and rails. I just find my time would be better spent increasing my skills with tools I actually need to use daily as i'd only use RoR for my side project web apps.

Do you think the play! framework for java is a good alternative to rails or will it never become as popular?

http://www.playframework.org