The Java platform's strengths — memory management, performance, portability, stability, and versatile libraries — make it highly reliable and efficient. But the Java language itself has become increasingly complex and somewhat limited by its own abstractions. Modern languages for the JVM offer streamlined syntax, support for a wider range of programming paradigms (object orientation, dynamic typing, functional programming, and metaprogramming), the ability to interoperate with Java code, and in some cases better approaches to concurrency. Enterprise developers willing to learn new languages for the Java platform can leverage the most appropriate tool(s) for their programming needs.