- Overall results
First off, I’d like to thank everyone who voted on this poll.
With a total of 236 votes, here is the summary of the first two questions:
- Are you currently working with or researching about language alternatives for the JVM? - e.g. JRuby, Scala, Groovy
Level of interest on JVM language alternatives
- If you answered yes or maybe to the previous question, what alternative would that be?
JVM language alternatives preference
As you can see, the vast majority of Java developers that participated on this poll have interest or are working with a language other than Java for the JVM. The results of the second chart were surprising for me and we have Groovy standing really tall with an astonishing 101 votes, followed by Scala and JRuby in a tougher competition.
The poll also consisted of 2 other questions, both free text, and I tried to analyze them in more detail to understand the “why’s” and “how’s” of these results.
Keep reading for the detailed summary…
