Xtend: CoffeeScript for Java - a better alternative than Scala?

The video on the link does not impress. Patching java is getting pretty old.

Java is mature technology and you can (and I have) write any metaphor you want on top of it within the jvm 's constraints.

So the question becomes if your in the JVM and not writing java then you should probably have a big customer creating, money making, IT efficiency, time to market case to make.

As much as I can't stand closure at least I can't blame Rich Hickey for playing small ball.

These java patches are wanting and ill advised.