Note that it's not just a "web" language. It runs on the JVM (as well as in the browser), and can be used as a more featureful Java replacement. To this end, it

Note that it's not just a "web" language. It runs on the JVM (as well as in the browser), and can be used as a more featureful Java replacement. To this end, it has very nice interop support with Java [1], helped by their similar syntax/structure. [1] http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.0/reference/interoperability/java-from-ceylon/ http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.0/reference/interoper...