[idobai]

> EDIT: of course this is good; such a language would be beyond nightmarish. By which i mean c++ or scala.

Then go and compare the same code in go and Scala and see which is more "nightmarish". You see Scala as a complex language because you need to learn something before you use it while go is almost the opposite - you may get it in an afternoon and create repetitive, boilerplatish and unmaintanable mess.

[duaneb]

> You see Scala as a complex language because you need to learn something before you use it

No, I see Scala as a complex language because—much like C++—each library uses its own curious dialect. There is no community consensus on the balance between the object-oriented and functional. It's a mess, albeit a mess I'd prefer over most other languages. But dealing with implicits, language changes between versions, and "default" trait implementations (e.g. `val foo = Set()` is a simple example) makes me consider the language nightmarish.