Can Scala gain wider usage than Java any time soon?
11th February 2012
My answer to Can Scala gain wider usage than Java any time soon? on Quora
No, because Scala is harder to master than Java.
(By “master” I mean get to the point where you can read and understand code written by someone else, no matter what language features and idioms they are using)
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