IMO Java doesn&#x27;t shine anywhere. It&#x27;s statically typed, but lacks support to be flexible. Thus many Java programs rely on reflection at runtime or casting. This negates all of the benefits of static typing, turning the language into a dynamic one.<p>The main choice is then either Clojure or Scala. This comes down to dynamic versus static type checking. With a dynamic language, one is significantly less sure if a program is correct. In large programs that use dynamic languages, many tests must be created that are essentially doing the work that a type checker in a static language would do automatically.<p>In a static language, entire classes of bugs are eliminated. Scala provides the best support for strong, static typing on the JVM.