[carsongross]

Yeah, the JVM alternative language space is pretty crowded. Gosu does have a few advantages, though.

One big one is that it is in commercial use at many of the largest companies in the world thanks to its Guidewire heritage. That means that it is going to be continually developed and that its success isn't dependent on immediate uptake.

Another is that most other alternative JVM languages are either dynamic or more complicated than Java, whereas Gosu is still statically typed but is (arguably) simpler than Java in many ways.

But, yes, it's a crowded space and I can understand skepticism.