Based on 34602 responses from 2985 people, this is the picture we've built up of Scala.
Scala
Does well at...
- I enjoy using this language
- I regularly use this language
- I find it easy to write efficient code in this language
- When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
- I rarely have difficulty abstracting patterns I find in my code
- I usually use this language on solo projects
- I would use this language for a web project
- I find code written in this language very elegant
- This language has a strong static type system
- I find this language easy to prototype in
Does poorly at...
- I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
- I often get angry when writing code in this language
- I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to
- This language has an annoying syntax
- This is a mainstream language
- This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).
- This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
- This language is minimal
- This language is likely to be around for a very long time
- Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years