[felipemnoa]

>>faster evolving languages with faster developing times.

Could you provide citations of any studies done please. i.e. How development times differ for small projects and large projects. For small projects I could see other languages being faster, what about large project or really large projects?

[cfontes]

I cannot, and I think no one can. There is simply not enough data about it, this could easly become a Masters thesis and I would love to read it. This is just my feeling about Java comparing to some of the new and not so new languages that are evolving in months while java takes years. I am a Java programmer that likes to experience with other langs so don't get me wrong java is an awesome tool and I love working with it, but I think there are other very good tools emerging and getting more and more reliable.