Technologies to Watch: A Look at Four That May Challenge Java's Development Dominance

Article by Bruce Tate, 5 pages, 15 minutes.
A very quick glance at four technologies that the author feels are better than Java for some situations: dynamic languages, continuation servers, convention over configuration and metaprogramming. Although all topics sound interesing, the article is way too brief to provide enough insight. As such it feels more like this article is meant to promote the new book by the author on the same subjects: Beyond Java. Given this article that book might indeed make it to my (seemingly ever growing) reading list.
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