Java vs, Ruby, Python, PHP etc.

More productive development platform will compete hard with Java. I think Python is better positioned for this then Ruby or PHP. Unlike PHP, Python is also a general purpose language and unlike Ruby it's more mature and have way broader support and popularity. I guess that's where Groowy was heading. What if one takes:

- persistence framework
- MVC framework
- xml framework

and built it syntactically into something like Groovy? Would it be the answer? I wish I had time ...

The Innovator's Dilemma: It's Happening to Java

http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000068.html