“Scala is one of the JVM languages that manages to maintain a hip and professional vibe at the same time,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino — building up to a big question:
One reason for this probably being that Scala was built by people who knew what they were doing. It has been around for a few years now in a mature form and I got curious about it a few years back. My question to the Slashdot community: Is getting into Scala worthwhile from a practical/industry standpoint or is it better to just stick with Java? Have you done larger, continuous multi-year, multi-man and mission-critical applications in Scala and what are your experiences?
The original submission asks two related questions. First, “Do you have to be a CS/math genius to make sense of Scala and use it correctly?” But more importantly, “Is Scala there to stay wherever it is deployed and used in real-world scenarios, or are there pitfalls and cracks showing up that would deter you from using Scala once again?” So share your experiences and answers in the comments. Would you recommend moving from Java to Scala?
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