Start here: http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/2004/12/15/the-static-method-thing http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html http://ischenko.blogspot.com/2005/02/java-may-not-be-that-bad-after-all.html and maybe poke around ehre to learn about language design, how people define typing, etc http://www.artima.com/