James Robertson thinks that Java is an interruption in the forward progress of software development....It is nice to see people returning to serious language research again. Efforts like the Feyerabend Project and more practically focused offshoots like OOPSLA’s Onward! track and the Post-Java Workshops (as well as increasing grass-roots interest in languages like Ruby, Haskell, Squeak, Oz, and even an ongoing Lisp revival) give me hope that we’ll be ready to take a larger step soon. via [Glenn Vanderburg: Blog] (emphasis by Larry)
Amen, Brother! The time is ripe! My take is that the most interesting research is on Rotor, but if you want to say no, that's your right.