JADEx is a solution designed to enhance null-safety in Java. Its key advantage is that existing Java developers can gain null-safety and final-by-default semantics without any learning curve. As a result, compared to migrating to Kotlin, JADEx offers a much more cost-effective way to significantly improve the stability of the legacy Java codebases that many companies continue to operate.
By that logic, every object-oriented language is just Smalltalk diluted with something. Dilution isn’t degradation. Sometimes it’s just called adoption.