[astrodust]

The OP, to their credit, did manage to avoid igniting a language war. Now you're standing in the town square with a sandwich board strapped to yourself and shaking a noisy bell while crowing about Java.

Scala, awesome or not, is a pretty crazy thing to advocate. People complain constantly about the lack of developer support for something as common-place as Ruby and instead want to go with PHP or C# simply because they can't throw a rock without hitting one of those developers.

The best language for a project is the one that fits the requirements and can be supported. That short-lists things a bit.

[xiongchiamiov]

Ah, but you don't need to hire 10,000 mediocre programmers; you just need 5 good ones.