Why Is This Useful?

Faster Ramp-up For Java Developers

* No weird non-standard OO syntax to learn

* No weird scoping rules to watch out for

* Pick up DOM and built-n libraries faster

Faster Development of "Boring" Code

* Java IDEs help out a lot for uncomplicated code via auto-complete, auto-generation of getters and setters, syntax checking, etc.

Easier Refactoring = Better Code

* If refactoring is easy, you'll actually do it

* Tools make it easy, compilers and unit tests make it easier to make sure you didn't break anything

More Managable For Large Code Bases

* Refactoring and other changes scale better with code size with better tools and such

More Managable For Large Teams

* Compilers make it easier to not break things

* Good IDEs make it easier to poke around code

* Type declarations make it easier to understand uncommented code (at least for me)

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