| > Both Scala and Kotlin are sufficiently similiar to Java to provide no real benefit Sorry but "no real benefit" seems to come from a position of ignorance. I can only talk about Scala which I know pretty well. While Clojure is a radical departure from Java, being a Lisp, Scala is a departure thanks to its type system and features that help you writing more functional (as in functional programming) code. And I mean this in a good way: it helps you avoid mutations and side-effects, while giving you the freedom to use good old OOP if you wish so. In general it provides tools that help you better express your intent that Java doesn't have. I think that Java has too much baggage to ever become as good as Scala, especially on the type system side, and, in addition, Scala is also moving forward. Also don't forget Scala.js [1], which is rock-solid and just plain amazing, and Scala Native [2]. [1] https://www.scala-js.org/ [2] https://scala-native.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ |