A modern programming language that makes developers happier.

kotlinlang

looking for some type-safe statically compiled language for writing desktop gui app(s) and wonder how can kotlin fit the requirement? one concern is that i've zero experience with Java always considering the language too verbose. otoh, do not want to use C(++) while dynamic languages like Python are probably too slow for the purpose. did play a bit with Haskell/OCaml in the past, but those languages - same with Frege - are probably a bit weird due to purity and wrestling with IO...Go is not for the desktop...besides Kotlin I am also considering Ceylon....use Linux (Fedora)....anyone?