Is Java the only practical choice for webdev?

All other languages are either not compiled languages with static typechecking or have too few eligible users.  C# would also be an option if it wasn't Windows-only.

Static typing confuses syntax and semantics.
What's the point of being forced to implement java.lang.Comparator and write a compareTo method just so I can  if that method can return any int, even if it violates reflexivity, anti-symmetry, or transitivity? What ``safety'' is actually gained?
Fucking nothing. All that you've gained is verbosity and unnecessary hassle. And a lack of flexibility that required the additional creation of java.util.Comparator.

The fact that nearly every ``statically'' typed language feels the need to poorly reinvent dynamic typing through ``generics'' shows what a sham it really is.