These sorts of things make me depressed about the industry. It seems like so many fantastic ideas in the 80&#x27;s (what you just described, erlang, smalltalk, etc, etc) were lost to the corporate dominance of sun and java. While java has certainly introduced some neat ideas, I can&#x27;t help but wonder what the industry would be like if things had gone the other way.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m just looking at the past with rose colored glasses, but even using some of these languages today, they&#x27;re still super compelling and elegant.