Comment Re:What is the alternative? (Score 1) 210
Java running applets sucked, 'cause of lots of reasons, not the least of which being Sun could write quick UI code to save its life. Java on the server side is alive and well and fast.
That being said, a web-centric language that uses the VM from llvm.org would be excellent. Server side. I don't expect to see anything client-side now except JavaScript.