[valenterry]

Scala has certainly weaknesses. But being able to use symbols in method names has both pros and cons. You saying that it's the worst thing of Scala is just very exaggerated, at least from my subjective perspective.

And yeah, you are totally right. Most people indeed choose the way of the least resistance and don't want to spend much time learning a language - for good reasons. Scala will never be as popular as Python or Javascript. It is a language for people that are ready to invest more time and dedication to get a higher productivity after some time. Not everyone wants to do that and many people find it too hard. I think the Scala community knows that. :)